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For César Chavez supporters, a painful question: What to do with his legacy now  apnews.com

After sex abuse claims, activists and lawmakers rethink Cesar Chavez Day

California has renamed Cesar Chavez Day to Farmworkers Day after the labour-rights icon was accused of sexual abuse.

On What Was Once Chavez Day, Some Try to Highlight a Movement, Not a Man

The reconsideration of the legacy of Cesar Chavez after he was accused of abusing women and girls has led some to question the lionization of icons, when reality is so often a letdown.

By Soumya Karlamangla, Jill Cowan and Orlando Mayorquín

‘Hopes got pinned on him’: Latino leaders grapple with Cesar Chavez’s tarnished history

After allegations of sexual abuse, Latino leaders and historians consider the perils of building a cause around a single person In the wake of explosive allegations that the famed labor leader Cesar Chavez sexually abused women and girls from the 1960s to the 1980s, rebukes from elected officials have invoked one phrase more than others: that the farmworker movement “was more than one man”. But Chavez, who organized farm workers and fought for Latino civil rights, has often eclipsed the movem...

By Claire Wang

In a town close to the farmworker movement, some struggle to process Chavez allegations

March 31 is Cesar Chavez's birthday, and a longtime holiday. In the wake of sexual assault allegations against him, residents in the farming town of Delano are conflicted about how to remember him.

By Kerry Klein

For César Chavez supporters, a painful question: What to do with his legacy now