She raised 11 children and co-founded the United Farmworkers Union with Cesar Chavez. At age 78 she still criss-crosses the country to ignite her singular passion for social justice among youth two generations younger. Dolores Huerta is on a restless path to inspire the "Power in Your Person", tempered by a healthy sense of humor about herself and the world.
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Dolores Huerta's first interview, Part 1 2008-08-08
Dolores Huerta's first interview, Part 2
Dolores Huerta's first interview, Part 3
Dolores Huerta's second interview, at WFMT Chicago, 2008-10-07
(Please click on the guest's name to listen to their full unedited interview.)
Host: Mark Sommer
Senior Producer: Gregg McVicar
Associate Producers: Matt Fidler, Naihma Deady
Production Engineer: Michael Schwartz
Field Engineer: Don Mueller, WFMT
Music in this program: Open - "Harvesting Dance" by Aaron Parks - Blue Note Records; "A United Earth I" by Alan Stivell and Youssou N’Dour - Putumayo World Music; "Brown Eyed Children of the Sun" by Daniel Valdez - A&M Records; "Plane Wreck At Los Gatos (Deportee)" performed by Los Super Seven - RCA; "Corrido de Cesar Chavez" by Coro Hispano de San Francisco - Coro Hispano de San Francisco.
Duration: 55:00 minutes
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