Saturday, April 11, 2026
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Huerta Breaking Silence

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I carried this secret for as long as I did because building the movement and securing farmworker rights was my life’s work. The formation of a union was the only vehicle to accomplish and secure those rights and I wasn’t going to let Cesar or anyone else get in the way.
— Dolores Huerta
March 18, 2026