South Bay residents recall Dolores Huerta's impact and legacy

What BBN said about it

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentDolores Huerta, who co-founded the United Farm Workers with Cesar Chavez, is being remembered across the South Bay, with flowers at the base of her mural at San José State.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorHer family says a celebration of life is being planned, and the Avenida de Altares event at Mexican Heritage Plaza on October thirty-first is expected to honor her.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentShe was beside Bobby Kennedy the night he won California in nineteen sixty-eight, and he thanked her from the stage.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorObama took Yes, We Can from her Si, se puede, and said so when he gave her the Medal of Freedom in twenty twelve. I assume the thank-you note was a medal.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentHe admitted it. In a campaign, that's rarer than a promise kept.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe credit took a while, but it's on the record now. Promise kept. Slowly, and with a medal.