Dolores Huerta
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Dolores Huerta is an American labor leader and civil rights activist who co-founded the United Farm Workers with César Chávez. She has advocated for farmworkers, women’s rights, and Latino civil rights.
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Mentions of Dolores Huerta per 1,000 mentions of anything, 7-day rolling, all podcasts.
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| Day | Share (7-day) | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 28 | 0.08‰ | 10 |
| Oct 29 | 0.18‰ | 11 |
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Dolores Huerta’s death prompts tributes to her labor and civil-rights legacy
Shows report that Dolores Huerta died at 96, prompting coverage of her role in co-founding the United Farm Workers and organizing farm workers.[1][2][3]
Democracy Now! Audio says Huerta helped lead historic strikes that improved farm workers’ conditions and presents her own words alongside journalist Mariana Rosa.[1][4]
PBS News Hour connects Huerta’s organizing to the labor and civil-rights movements, recalling that poverty among her students led her to organize farm workers.[5]
The Headlines adds that Huerta led strikes and boycotts, practiced nonviolent protest, and disclosed that Cesar Chavez had raped her after keeping it secret for decades.[6]
Consider This from NPR also explores Huerta’s personal life, including her family influence and her jazz interests, through an interview with Felix Contreras.[2][7]
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- 1.Democracy Now! Audio · Democracy Now! 2026-10-29 ThursdayAmy Goodman · Oct 29 · Listen at 0:40 ↗
“The legendary labor organizer and civil rights activist Dolores Huerta has died at the age of 96. She helped found the United Farm Workers and played a key role in historic strikes to improve working conditions for farm workers. We'll hear”
- 2.Consider This from NPR · Dolores Huerta, labor leader and avid jazz fan, dies at 96Juana Summers · Oct 28 · Listen at 0:00 ↗
“It's Consider This where every day we go deep on one big news story. Today, remembering a civil rights pioneer. Dolores Huerta died Wednesday at the age of 96 after a battle with cancer. She's best remembered as a labor leader who co-founde”
- 3.PBS News Hour - Full Show · October 28, 2026 - PBS News Hour full episodeAmna Nawaz · Oct 28 · Listen at 16:20 ↗
“on the NewsHour, where the most competitive Senate races stand less than a week before Election Day. We speak with the Associated Press about how they count the vote. And we take a look at the life and legacy of the late labor activist Dolo”
- 4.Democracy Now! Audio · Democracy Now! 2026-10-29 ThursdayAmy Goodman · Oct 29 · Listen at 41:10 ↗
“Mariana Rosa. Pulitzer Prize -winning journalist, founder of Futuro Media. She's the host of Latino USA. We'll link to all of our interviews with Dolores Huerta and also Maria's interview with Dolores Huerta earlier this year. Go to democra”
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