Dolores Huerta

Clips of memorabilia showing Texas Farm Workers Union leader Antonio Orendain. He was one of the original founding members of the National Farm Workers Association, which later became the United Farm Workers, but a rift with César Chávez led to him splitting off and focusing on organizing farmworkers in the Rio Grande Valley.

Economy & Labor

Digging into the history of the ‘César Chávez of Texas’

Raul Alonzo

A UFW split – and Antonio Orendain’s role in it – prompted a little-known chapter in the Texas farm worker struggle.

Norma Ramirez holds up the hat her father, Don Claudio Ramirez, wore while holding the banner of the Texas Farm Workers Union on a march that began in San Juan, Texas, and ended in Washington, D.C.

Economy & Labor

In 1977, a farmworkers’ march to DC sought to turn the eyes of the nation onto Texas

Raul Alonzo

The Texas Farm Workers Union journeyed 1,600 miles in search of an audience with President Jimmy Carter.

Alejandro Rosel holds up a childhood photo of himself, his older brother and his older sister, Manuela, who was killed in a tragic accident when their family lived as migrant farmworkers in the Midwest. Today Rosel is a social studies teacher who often brings his memories growing up within the Texas Farm Workers Union into the classroom to get students excited about local history.

Economy & Labor

Has the history of the Texas Farm Workers Union been effectively preserved?

Raul Alonzo

Many of the union’s participants want to see more lasting testaments to its legacy. But what would that look like?

Panels of "Dolores Huerta: Revolution in the Fields" seen at the Brownsville Museum of Fine Art.

TPR Noticias

La exhibición Dolores Huerta del Smithsonian llega a Brownsville en medio de un legado profundamente emotivo

Gaige Davila

La exhibición titulada “Dolores Huerta: Revolution in the Fields” (Dolores Huerta: Revolución en los campos) rastrea la vida de Huerta desde maestra hasta organizadora laboral y utiliza fotografías serigrafiadas, texto y una APP de gran calidad para contar la historia de Huerta en el Museo de Bellas Artes de Brownsville.

Arts & Culture

Smithsonian's Dolores Huerta exhibit comes to Brownsville amid deeply felt legacy

Gaige Davila

The traveling exhibit showcases the labor organizer's legacy.

Cesar Chavez, co-founder of the United Farm Workers, speaks at a rally in 1977.

Education

Dolores Huerta Reacts To Cesar Chavez Bust In Biden's Oval Office

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with labor activist Dolores Huerta about President Biden's decision to display a bust of the late labor icon Cesar Chavez behind his desk in White House.

San Antonio

Fronteras: Sí Se Puede — Dolores Huerta, 89, Still Fights For Worker Rights, Representation

Norma Martinez

Labor leader and activist Dolores Huerta fought alongside Cesar Chavez to unionize farm workers, but her life in activism didn’t end at the picket…

Community

Sí Se Puede — Organizer & Activist Dolores Huerta Urges Census Participation

Norma Martinez

The name of Dolores Huerta is often spoken in the same breath as that of labor rights icon, Cesar Chavez. Huerta looks none of her 89 years. Wearing a…

Dolores Huerta: Each Of Us Has A Voice, How Can We Use It For Social Change?

NPR/TED Staff

As a lifelong activist, Dolores Huerta has learned how to use her voice to fight for social justice. She discusses the power that all of us have to demand justice and spark movements for change.

Farm worker advocate Dolores Huerta is featured in a documentary film to premier on PBS this month.

The Best Latinx Films Of 2017 Won't Win An Oscar. They Weren't Even Nominated

Felix Contreras

Latino filmmakers depict compelling histories of two Chicano civil rights figures in new films airing on PBS.