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Dolores Huerta Breaks Silence on Cesar Chavez — ‘I Can No Longer Stay Silent’

Lissete Lanuza Sáenz — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 18:23:54 +0000

Trigger warning: This story contains sensitive content regarding sexual assault. At 95, Dolores Huerta is choosing to break her silence. Huerta, the renowned American labor leader and feminist activist, has made her first comments after a New York Times investigation into decades of sexual abuse by labor leader Cesar Chavez. “I can no longer stay

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Dolores Huerta Getting Biopic from ‘Selena’ Director

Kiko Martinez — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 14:24:46 +0000

Labor leader and civil rights activist Dolores Huerta is getting her own film. The biopic will be directed and written by filmmaker and Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Gregory Nava (Selena). “As our country tackles very challenging times, the moment is now to tell my story,” Huerta told Variety. “I’ve spent a year sharing intimate, never before

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Dolores Huerta Day Is Celebrated on Civil Rights Activist’s 92nd Birthday

Kiko Martinez — Mon, 11 Apr 2022 14:51:25 +0000

American labor leader and civil rights activist Dolores Huerta turned 92 years old on Sunday (April 10). In honor of her birthday, acting California Governor Eleni Kounalakis continued the state’s tradition of proclaiming the day Dolores Huerta Day. Dolores Huerta Day was first celebrated in 2019 after then-California governor Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 2644

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Dolores Huerta Receives Honorary Doctorate From Yale University

Toni Gonzales — Tue, 08 Jun 2021 16:38:48 +0000

Dolores Huerta has received an honorary doctorate from Yale University. The 91-year old was recognized as an Honorary Doctor of Laws at the college’s commencement ceremony in May. “From the fields to the state house, you have united people in pursuit of justice,” said University President Peter Salovery. “Your skills as an organizer are matched

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Dolores Huerta & Meida Sanchez Featured in Glamour’s Women of the Year Series

Lola Méndez — Thu, 15 Oct 2020 15:07:31 +0000

For three decades the Glamour magazine’s Women of the Year Awards have honored women game-changers, leaders, rule breakers, and trailblazers. This year’s class of exceptional women features mostly women of color and includes none other than 90-year-old Latina revolutionary Dolores Huerta. If you’ve ever muttered the phrase “si, se puede” (yes, we can) you have

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Dolores Huerta Character Featured in New Gloria Steinem Biopic ‘The Glorias’

Kiko Martinez — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 23:27:09 +0000

The Glorias, a new biopic on feminist icon Gloria Steinem, is a sprawling look at the life of the writer and political activist adapted from her own memoir, My Life on the Road. During time on the road, Steinem met and worked with many fellow freedom fighters, including Dolores Huerta, labor leader, civil rights activist

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Selena, Dolores Huerta & More Get Shoutouts During Emotional Oscar Speeches

Carlos Aguilar — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 15:56:25 +0000

Slim on diverse representation outside of South Korea’s Parasite, the 92nd Academy Awards included a handful of Latino nominees and multiple presenters the likes of Salma Hayek, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Anthony Ramos. Yet, the most unexpected Latino appearances occurred during several winners’ acceptance speeches, which shouted out and recognized our contributions on cinema’s biggest stage.

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Artist Repaints Dolores Huerta Mural in San Francisco After It Was Defaced

Raquel Reichard — Wed, 20 Nov 2019 16:22:38 +0000

Earlier this month, a mural of civil rights leader Dolores Huerta was defaced in San Francisco. “It’s messed up, man,” Suaro Luis Cervantes, the artist behind the piece in the Mission District, told CBS affiliate KPIX5. The vandal, who also marred murals of Nelson Mandela and Sitting Bull, sprayed black paint over the Mexican-American labor

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One of the Busiest Roads in Albuquerque Will Soon Be Renamed After Activist Dolores Huerta

Raquel Reichard — Thu, 14 Nov 2019 15:53:19 +0000

Civil rights leader Dolores Huerta will soon have a road named after her in one of New Mexico’s busiest areas. This week, commissioners in Bernalillo County, the Southwest state’s most-populous county, voted to change a part of Bridge Boulevard in Albuquerque’s South Valley to Avenida Dolores Huerta. Avenida Dolores Huerta is expected to run from

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Dolores Huerta Was Arrested at Labor Protest in Fresno

Yara Simón — Wed, 21 Aug 2019 15:03:41 +0000

On Tuesday, Dolores Huerta, 89, was arrested at a labor protest. Huerta joined 500 Service Employees International Union members, who have no received a raise in a decade and demanded better pay at the Fresno County Board of Supervisors meeting. The activist was one of six people arrested for allegedly not dispersing after an order

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