Dolores Huerta: A Living Legend

Los Angeles Public Library was given an exclusive interview with the living legend Dolores Huerta. Ms. Huerta is an American labor leader, civil rights activist, co-founder with Cesar Chavez of the National Farmworkers, which is now the United Farm Workers (UFW), and founder of the Dolores Huerta Foundation. Watch the interview with Ms. Huerta to learn more about her work.

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Dolores Huerta: A Living Legend

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