Many work to reconcile César Chavez's labor rights activist legacy with sexual abuse allegations
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Many people across the U.S. are working to reconcile the legacy of the long-admired Latino icon César Chavez with stunning allegations that he sexually abused girls and women
PHOENIX -- Mary Rose Wilcox and her husband marched and fasted alongside César Chavez. They helped him open a radio station in Phoenix and plastered their Mexican restaurant with photos and a mural of the widely admired Latino icon.
So when Wilcox's daughter called this week to inform them of sexual abuse allegations that were leveled against Chavez, she said it felt like a punch to the gut.
By Wednesday morning, the couple had taken down Chavez's photos from their restaurant walls and plan to cover the mural.
“We love César Chavez. But we cannot honor him and we cannot even love him anymore,” said the former Phoenix City Council member.
Many like Wilcox are working to reconcile the legacy of a man who fought tirelessly for the rights of farmworkers with stunning allegations that he sexually abused girls and the co-founder of the United Farm Workers of America union, Dolores Huerta.
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