UTEP professor says Chavez allegations spur broader reassessment of movement’s history

EL PASO, TEXAS (KFOX14/CBS4) — Allegations involving civil rights leader Cesar Chavez are prompting renewed debate nationwide and in El Paso, where artists at Lincoln Park have begun altering a mural that was originally intended to honor him.

At the park in South Central El Paso, Chavez’s name was covered on a mural that was originally designed to honor Chavez.

The artists did not want to speak on camera, but the change comes as the allegations involving Chavez gain national attention…

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