Cesar Chavez's Legacy Tarnished by Sexual Abuse Allegations

Cesar Chavez, a civil rights icon, faces posthumous sexual abuse allegations from the 1960s and 1970s. Dolores Huerta and two other women accuse him of pressuring or forcing them into encounters and abusing teenage girls involved in the farmworkers movement. Huerta describes two incidents leading to secret pregnancies, while the other women allege years of abuse starting when they were girls around 1972. Chavezs family expresses devastation, and events marking Cesar Chavez Day have been canceled or renamed. Governor Gavin Newsom supports the women, and a bill to rename the holiday Farmworker Day has been introduced. Civil rights groups and the Cesar Chavez Foundation condemn the allegations and vow to address harm and support survivors.

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