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The intersection of Belleview and Avenida Cesar E. Chavez on March 19, 2026 bears the namesake of the Mexican American labor leader and civil rights activist. Kansas City previously honored farmworker ...

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After the revelations of sex abuse, the public is left to make sense of the labor leader’s work and life. By Richard Fausset See more of our coverage in your search results.Encuentra más de nuestra ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation to rename Cesar Chavez Day as “Farmworkers Day,” moving quickly before the March 31 holiday. By Laurel Rosenhall Reporting from Sacramento See more of our coverage ...

For many Latinos, Cesar Chavez seemed like a saint. There have in fact been efforts to canonize him. I lived in Los Angeles for a summer when I was an undergraduate, and I frequently drove down Cesar ...

Almost every day, I drive along a street named after Cesar Chavez, past a mural of Cesar Chavez that shows the labor leader, who died in 1993, clutching the billowing flag of the United Farm Workers ...

Lansing City Council is considering renaming Cesar Chavez Avenue following sexual abuse allegations against its namesake. The allegations include a public claim of sexual assault by United Farm ...

Allegations of sexual abuse and assault against civil rights icon Cesar Chavez, first reported by The New York Times on Wednesday, were met with shock and anger toward the late activist alongside ...

Los Angeles County will remove the name of Cesar Chavez from parks, murals, buildings, libraries, programs and his namesake holiday as a result of allegations that the late United Farm Workers union ...

DELANO, Calif. – A few hours north of Los Angeles, the small city of Delano is surrounded by miles and miles of grapevines, orange groves and almond orchards. According to Monike Reynozo, everyone ...

César Chávez is woven throughout California’s social studies curriculum — as a labor leader, civil rights hero and practitioner of nonviolent protest. That’s about to change. State education officials ...