Dolores Huerta, labor leader and avid jazz fan, dies at 96

Dolores Huerta died Wednesday at the age of 96, after a battle with cancer. She’s best remembered as a labor leader, who co-founded the United Farm Workers. This episode was produced by Sophia Paliza-Carre, Brianna Scott and Jeffrey Pierre, with audio engineering by Hannah Gluvna. Our director is Jonas Adams. It was edited by Jennifer Portman, Sarah Handel and Tinbete Ermyas. Our executive producer is Courtney Dorning. Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over 25 podcasts like this one.