She was preceded in death by her parents, Manuel and Cristina Alaniz and her sister, Manuela Guerra.
Obviously, this woman is worthy of attention and discussion. At school, she was sometimes treated with suspicion and scorn.
She was once accused by a teacher of stealing another student’s work because the teacher was convinced that Dolores was incapable of doing it own her own, due to her ethnic origin.Determined to help, in 1955, she and Fred Ross started the Stockton chapter of the Community Services Organization (CSO), a grassroots group that worked to end segregation, discrimination and police brutality and improve social and economic conditions of farm workers. The two made a great team. Alicia worked hard to provide music lessons and extracurricular activities for her children, with Dolores taking violin, piano and dance lessons.
During World War II, Alicia ran a restaurant and then purchased a hotel in Stockton with her second husband, James Richards.
The couple would go on to have five children.Coretta Scott King was an American civil rights activist and the wife of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.After five hard years, the United Farm Workers (now affiliated with the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations) signed an historic agreement with 26 grape growers that improved working conditions for farm workers, including reducing the use of harmful pesticides and initiating unemployment and healthcare benefits.
Correction: In a previous version of this story, KRQE reported that the sign is in honor of the late two civil rights leaders. During this time, Dolores married Ventura Huerta, another labor activist. Supervisors offered a 10 cent raise, but the union said it is pushing for a dollar more.It's been more than a decade since many have received a raise, the union said.Obama also acknowledged Huerta for her role in the creation of his “Yes, We Can” slogan during his first presidential campaign.The six – including Huerta – were released after being issued tickets.Following her arrest, Huerta said she plans to continue protesting and hopes other leaders will follow suit.VISALIA, Calif. – The 89-year-old civil rights icon Dolores Huerta was taken away in handcuffs Tuesday during a protest in California over pay for workers who care for the elderly and disabled.Huerta, co-founder of what would become the United Farm Workers union with Cesar Chavez, was one of six protesters arrested by Fresno County deputies for allegedly failing to disperse after being issued an order to do so, according to Fresno County sheriff's spokesperson Tony Botti.Huerta is no stranger to arrests.Around 500 Service Employees International Union members stormed the Fresno County Board of Supervisors meeting to demand better pay.With Chavez, she negotiated collective bargaining agreements and contracts with big growers, winning the first health and benefit plans for farmworkers.Since founding the Dolores Huerta Foundation, the legendary activist has advocated for unions, farmworkers and rural communities without access to clean drinking water.In 2012, her work was honored by President Barack Obama, who presented her with the Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor.Veterans, church leaders, and seniors joined the large crowd criticizing accusing Fresno County supervisors of discriminating against women and people of color with unfair wages and benefits. As founder and president of the Dolores Huerta Foundation, she travels across the country engaging in campaigns and influencing legislation that supports equality and defends civil rights. Dolores maintained a relationship with her father, who later became a union activist and a New Mexico state legislator. After a series of unsatisfying jobs, she returned to school and eventually completed a teaching degree at Stockton College, part of the University of the Pacific. She briefly worked as an elementary school teacher but resigned because she was so distraught over the poor living conditions of her students, many of them children of farm workers. Rosa Parks was a civil rights activist who refused to surrender her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. The businesses served the farm workers and day laborers, offering affordable rates and welcoming the diversity of the area.Writer, feminist and women's rights activist Betty Friedan wrote 'The Feminine Mystique' (1963) and co-founded the National Organization for Women.Huerta has been honored for her work as a fierce advocate for farm workers, immigration and women. Dolores’s grandfather, Herculano Chavez, took care of the children, serving as the children’s adult male figure.