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Dolores Huerta
Activist
Dolores Huerta co-founded the National Farm Workers Association with Cesar Chavez in 1962.
Notable Quotes
"Dolores Huerta accuses Cesar Chavez of sexual assault."View Story →
"I carried this secret for as long as I did because building the movement and securing farmworker rights was my life's work."View Story →
"I was among those who say they were abused by Chavez."View Story →
"she was among women and girls who say they were sexually abused by César Chavez."View Story →
"She was among those who say they were abused by Chavez."View Story →
"I am nearly 96 years old, and for the last 60 years have kept a secret because I believed that exposing the truth would hurt the farmworker movement I have spent my entire life fighting for."View Story →
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