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Hero Grandmother Dolores Huerta Honored With Medal of Freedom

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Dolores Huerta, recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, has been arrested 22 times—and badly beaten—for fighting for farmers’ rights.

Sandra McElwaine
Sandra McElwaine
articles/2012/05/18/hero-grandmother-delores-huerta-honored-with-medal-of-freedom/dolores-huerta-mcelwaine-new-new_bhixur
John Kouns via Farmworker Movement Documentation Project
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