A leader of the movement to secure rights for migrant farmworkers, she is a close friend of former Speaker Nancy Pelosi and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Barack Obama.

Dolores Huerta and the late César Chavez are both credited with leading a movement that got growers to negotiate for better ...

Many like Wilcox are working to reconcile the legacy of a man who fought tirelessly for the rights of farmworkers with ...

Celebrations honoring Cesar Chavez, the labor icon, have been derailed by a New York Times report that he abused girls and women for years.

Multiple women have recalled sexual abuse by Cesar Chavez, a prominant figure in the Latino civil rights movement.

United Farm Workers President Cesar Chavez talks to striking Salinas Valley farmworkers during a large rally in Salinas, Calif., on March 7, 1979. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File) (AP1979) (Paul Sakuma/AP ...

Many of the upcoming celebrations and holidays honoring the late farmworker labor leader César Chavez are being renamed, postponed or completely canceled in the wake of allegations that he sexually ...

A look back at historic moments in Dolores Huerta's life.

Cesar Chavez Park and other local landmarks are named after the late labor rights leader, recently accused of sexual assault.