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From the Fields of Delano to the Halls of Congress: Latinas Leading the Charge for Justice

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 17, 2015 

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By: Jerónimo Saldaña

 A half-century ago this week, Dolores Huerta and the United Farm Workers voted to join Larry Itliong and Filipino farmworkers’ in commencing the Delano Grape Strike. Their fight for justice would serve as a catalyst for the Latino civil rights movement and mark the beginning of more widespread acknowledgement of Latinas as movement leaders. But Dolores Huerta was not the first to lead Latinos towards justice, she…

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