Tarrant County won’t recognize César Chávez Day next year, after county commissioners voted Tuesday to observe Veterans Day instead.
Their decision ends a 25-year streak of honoring Chávez, the late civil rights activist known for leading the American farmworkers labor movement of the 1960s and ’70s. A New York Times investigation published in March detailed allegations that he sexually abused girls and women throughout his advocacy, including Dolores Huerta, with whom he co-founded United Farm Workers, the largest labor union for farmers in the U.S.
“Due to the disturbing information about César Chávez abusing women and minors, it would be completely and totally inappropriate for Tarrant County to recognize César Chávez Day on March 31st,” County Judge Tim O’Hare said in a statement in March following the allegations. Commissioners did not comment on the schedule change during their July 14 meeting…