Labor leader and civil rights icon Dolores Huerta died Wednesday, Oct. 28, at the age of 96.
Huerta co-founded what would become the United Farm Workers union in 1962, negotiating contracts that improved conditions for the country’s agriculture workers.
In 2011, AZPM spoke to Huerta during a visit to Sunnyside High School in Tucson, where she talked to students about political engagement and the importance of peaceful protest.
“Marches are extremely important,” she said. “They’re visible. It’s a place of unity, where everyone can march together. All the family can march together. They’re letting the outside world know what the issues are, what they’re marching for — that they’re marching for justice, they’re marching for immigrants, they’re marching for working people.”
Watch the full segment from the AZPM archives below:
