California, Chavez and Farmworkers Day
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The Trump administration recently placed a one-ton statue of the controversial Italian explorer on White House grounds in front of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.
Sexual abuse allegations against the revered labor leader César Chavez have led to a swift fallout, leaving many to reconcile the legacy of a man who fought tirelessly for the rights of farmworkers.
A Cesar Chavez statue in Barrio Viejo was removed after being vandalized. The incident follows recent sexual abuse allegations against the co-founder.
The artist who created the bronze statue of César Chávez that stood at the intersection leading into Barrio Viejo south of downtown and the president of the neighborhood association both
Milwaukee's Cesar Chavez statue is set to be removed following allegations of sexual abuse against the late labor leader.
FOX 11 Los Angeles on MSN
San Fernando removes César Chávez statue as cities across Southern California consider similar action
San Fernando leaders have removed its César Chávez monument and Los Angeles has renamed the March 31 holiday to Farmworkers Day following sexual assault allegations against the late labor leader.
KTVU FOX 2 San Francisco on MSN
César Chávez murals, statues already removed from campuses, parks
Organizations across the country and California – the birthplace of the United Farm Workers movement – have already begun removing depictions of the late Latino labor leader César Chávez from public spaces after the explosive allegations in the New York Times revealed this week that he allegedly raped and sexually assaulted women and girls decades ago.
Cesar Chavez is disappearing across California. Statues are coming down, street names are being stripped, and murals are being covered up in a rapid-fire backlash against the once-revered labor leader,
FOX6 News Milwaukee on MSN
Cesar Chavez fallout; Milwaukee statue covered, plaques removed
A Cesar Chavez statue in Milwaukee was covered after new abuse allegations surfaced, as community leaders and officials consider renaming sites tied to the late civil rights leader.
Milwaukee canceled its Cesar Chavez Day celebration after sexual assault allegations surfaced in a recent New York Times article. Ray Mendoza, who frequents El Rey's grocery at Cesar Chavez Drive and Mineral Street,
A statue of famed labor leader Cesar Chávez in Tucson's Barrio Viejo neighborhood was removed Monday morning. The statue came down just days after it was vandalized and less than a week after explosive allegations came to light claiming Chávez sexually abused young women and girls.
Lisa Reinertson, the artist behind the monument in Cesar E. Chavez Plaza, shared her perspective on remembering the farmworker movement.