In addition to organizing , Huerta has been active in lobbying for laws to improve the lives of farm workers . The laws that she supported included the following : As an advocate for farmworkers ' rights , Huerta has been arrested twenty-two times for participating in non-violent civil disobedience activities and strikes . She remains active in progressive causes , and serves on the boards of People for the American Way , Consumer Federation of California , and Feminist Majority Foundation . On June 5 , 1968 , Huerta stood beside Robert F. Kennedy on the speaker 's platform at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles as he delivered a victory statement to his political supporters shortly after winning the California Democratic presidential primary election . Only moments after the candidate finished his speech , Kennedy and five other people were wounded by gunfire inside the hotel 's kitchen pantry . Kennedy died from his gunshot wounds on June 6
wounded by gunfire
Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy
Dolores Huerta