New allegations that César Chávez sexually assaulted women and girls, including minors, have triggered a fast and painful reckoning over one of the most celebrated figures in Mexican American and labor history.
The United Farm Workers, which Chávez co-founded, says it will not participate in César Chávez Day events this year.
In San Antonio, The César E. Chávez Legacy & Educational Foundation dissolved after more than three decades. The 30th Annual Cesar E. Chavez March for Justice was set for March 28 but has been called off. The march had honored farm workers who toil in the field to feed a nation and was also a food drive organized to help those affected by food insecurity…