On what would have been Cesar Chavez’s 99th birthday, a group of Hispanic business and civil rights leaders gathered in downtown Dallas to ask for any signs that bear his name to be taken down.
The call comes nearly two weeks after the New York Times published an article detailing years of alleged sexual harassment and abuse by Chavez, the leader of the United Farm Workers, including that he raped his UFW co-founder, Dolores Huerta.
“He committed these crimes,” said Diana Flores, the vice president of strategic indicatives at the Greater Dallas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. “Accountability does not expire.”…