A history professor who helped uncover the sexual abuse allegations against César Chávez has ideas on how things named after Chávez should be renamed.

Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected to quickly sign the bill changing the name just days ahead of the March 31 holiday.

Revelations about the creation of the United Farm Workers under César Chávez are adding to a reassessment of the organization that had already been underway.

Chavez became the face of Latino civil and labor rights in the media and in history books. But scholars and activists are asking why "a community is only allowed to have one figure."

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation Thursday to rename the state’s March 31 holiday from César Chavez Day to Farmworkers Day, a move aimed at reconciling the La

Artists, filmmakers and singers once championed Chavez as a hero. Now, they must rethink how to tell his story. "It's just been gut-wrenching," one muralist says.

That rallying cry was long associated with United Farm Workers, the largest farmworker union in the U.S. It was coined by Huerta, who told the Times she stayed silent for decades after Chavez raped her in the 1960s for fear that any negative attention would hurt the larger movement.

The Santa Fe School Board has voted to remove Cesar Chavez's name from an elementary school amid serious allegations against him, temporarily renaming it "White Tigers Elementary."

The university announced that it would begin a formal process to gather feedback about whether to change the campus street’s name.