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United Farm Workers co-founders Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez sit together under portraits of Robert Kennedy and Mahatma Gandhi.

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How Dolores Huerta Became an Icon of the Labor Movement

Together with Cesar Chavez, she spotlighted the ongoing civil and human rights struggles of farm workers.

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Eleanor Delano Roosevelt, seated, with a wide, warm smile

Eleanor Roosevelt’s Unprecedented Activism—From Inside the White House

The 32nd first lady wielded an influential—and disruptive—voice on behalf of equality, civil rights and social justice.

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Daily News front page December 12, 1978, Headline: INSIDE JOB SEEN IN $5M JFK HEIST

How the 1978 Lufthansa Heist Led to a Trail of Dead Bodies

A crew of mafia-affiliated hijackers, killers, loan sharks and thieves made off with $5.8 million in cash and jewels. Most involved got ‘whacked.’

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Portrait of Machito (at mic, right), with his Afro-Cuban mambo orchestra, including: José Mangual (bongos), Carlos Vidal Bolado (conga), Mario Bauzá (far left trumpeter), Ubaldo Nieto (timbales) and Graciella Grillo (front left), at the Glen Island Casino, New Rochelle, New York, c. July 1947

How Salsa Music Took Root in New York City

When Afro-Cuban mambo met big band jazz, musical sparks flew.

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