Black cloth napkins now cover Cesar Chavez’s face in murals at two downtown San Antonio restaurants.
The coverings come in the wake of a New York Times investigation published Wednesday that found Chavez groomed girls and sexually abused women, including United Farm Workers co-founder Dolores Huerta, who detailed her allegations in a personal statement, as well as Ana Murguía and Debra Rojas, who also made allegations to the newspaper.
The allegations have prompted swift fallout and a reckoning in San Antonio, where Chavez’s legacy runs deep and the news has hit hard. His ties to San Antonio stretch back decades through marches, organizing and community work that helped shape the farmworker movement…