US EditionCésar Chávez sexual abuse revelations reverberate across CA
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César Chávez sexual abuse revelations reverberate across CA
César Chávez, co-founder of the United Farm Workers, speaks at a rally in Coachella, in 1977. Photo by Cathy Murphy, Getty Images I’m CalMatters reporter Adam Echelman and I’m subbing in for Lynn today. Multiple women, including Dolores Huerta, said they endured sexual abuse at the hands of California icon César Chávez. The abuse detailed by these women came out in a New York Times investigation published Wednesday. Two of the women were childr…
A thorough investigation published by the newspaper “The New York Times” has uncovered serious allegations of sexual abuse and exploitation against Cesar Chávez, the legendary co-founder of the United Farm Workers’ Union (UFW) and a central figure of the Democratic Party, who advocated for the rights of farm workers and the Latino community in the United States. Chávez, [...]
A major figure in civil rights and the Hispanic community in the United States, the former voice carrier of agricultural workers committed sexual assaults against teenage girls, according to an investigation by the New York Times. These revelations create a wave of shock in a country where the memory of César Chávez was so far venerated.
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