There are parks, schools and streets across the U.S. that bear Chavez’s name, including the Cesar E. Chavez National Monument in the Tehachapi Mountains.

Latino leaders and elected officials say they are shocked by “deeply troubling” sexual misconduct allegations against Cesar Chavez, one of the Latino community’s most prominent civil rights icons, as planned annual celebrations of the late labor leader are canceled and his legacy as a labor movement hero is thrown into question.

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Much of the Latino civil rights, political and educational ecosystem will have to grapple with why they held up Cesar Chavez as a paragon of virtue for too long above others just as deserving and, as it turns out,

The two women have not shared their stories publicly before, and an investigation by The New York Times has uncovered extensive evidence to support their accusations and those raised by several other women against Cesar Chavez.

March 1927-April 1962. Home ; Sal si puedes ; The priest, the organizer, and the lumber handler ; Cesar finds his calling ; Staying organized ; The first disciples ; David vs. Goliath, round one ; No hay mal que por bien no venga -- April 1962-July 1970.

Dolores Huerta said Cesar Chavez raped her in the 1960s, which she kept secret until allegations surfaced that the UFW leader had sexually abused two girls in the 1970s.

The revered union leader who campaigned for farm workers’ rights has been accused by women in the movement of years of sexual assault, some involving girls.