His name seems like it’s everywhere: Cesar Chavez Avenue cuts through downtown Los Angeles. Dozens of roads from Utah to Michigan bear his name, and some three dozen schools in California alone were named to honor his legacy as a labor movement trailblazer and civil rights activist.
That all may be changing soon.
Seismic allegations that Chavez sexually abused young girls and women, including fellow labor movement leader Dolores Huerta, have forced a reckoning among local officials and the public about what to do with a figure whose name has loomed so large for so long.
Amid the fallout from the allegations, members of the public quickly called on officials to rename locations that carry his moniker. Now, local officials in multiple states have begun the herculean work of changing the names of locations and holidays, as well as contemplating the fate of monuments and murals that honor Chavez.
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