When the news broke in March that civil rights leader Cesar Chavez allegedly sexually assaulted multiple women and girls, it sparked a nationwide reckoning as school, city and county officials grappled with streets, buildings, holidays, awards and other institutions that bore his name. Civil rights leader Dolores Huerta later alleged that Chavez raped her twice and said she bore two children from those encounters. She said she remained silent fo…
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