Dolores Huerta
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Dolores Huerta is an American labor leader and feminist activist. After working for several years with the Community Service Organization, she co-founded the National Farm Workers Association with fel
Huerta holding a huelga (transl. 'strike') sign, 1965
Speaking at a rally in Santa Barbara, California on September 24, 2006
Dolores Huerta in 2009
Dolores Huerta speaking at a Hillary Clinton campaign rally with former President Bill Clinton at Central High School in Phoenix, Arizona
Cesar Chavez (film)
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Cesar Chavez is a 2014 biographical film produced and directed by Diego Luna about the life of American labor leader Cesar Chavez, who cofounded the United Farm Workers. The film stars Michael Peña as
Dolores Huerta
…April 10 as "Dolores Huerta Day" in California. A similar bill was signed in Oregon in 2019. She is portrayed by Rosario Dawson in the 2014 film Cesar Chavez and is the subject of the 2017 documentary Dolores. Dolores Huerta was born Dolores Fernández on April 10, 1930, in the mining town of Dawson, New…
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César Chávez at public protest to support Colegio Cesar Chavez in 1974
Michael Peña was master-of-ceremonies at the induction of the Farm Worker Movement into the Labor Hall of Fame and dedication of the Cesar E. Chavez Memorial Auditorium at the U.S. Department of Labor in March 2012.