Civil rights icon Dolores Huerta, a trailblazer in the fight for farmworker rights and the woman behind the rallying cry “Sí se puede,” died Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026. She was 96.
A recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Huerta spent decades advocating for labor rights and social justice, becoming a defining figure in the Chicano civil rights movement.
Her death prompted tributes from North Texas civil rights leaders who remembered her as a tireless advocate for people whose struggles often went unnoticed…