Renowned activist and organizer Dolores Huerta, who helped co-found the United Farm Workers (UFW) union and whose work on behalf of civil rights for farmworkers and migrant laborers won her international acclaim died Wednesday October 28. She was 96. Below, photojournalist and labor organizer David Bacon shares reflections and images from his interactions with Huerta, which span decades, from the early years of the Delano Grape Strike in the 1960s through to Huerta’s continued anti-war activism in the 1990s and beyond. (All images copyright David Bacon)
Three years ago I walked from Poplar to Delano, Calif., in honor of Larry Itliong, who started the 1965 grape strike and boycott there. I walked alongside Dolores Huerta, cofounder of the United Farm Workers (UFW). She was 91 then, and I had a hard time keeping up.
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