Cesar Chavez’s face will soon be replaced with Dolores Huerta’s on a mural in Philadelphia.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mural Arts said it is hoping to cover up Chavez’s likeness on a mural at 2863 North 5th St. in the city’s Fairhill section as soon as possible.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chavez’s picture will be covered with a painting of Huerta, according to the organization.<\/p>\n
The mural, titled “Latinoam\u00e9rica: Una Lengua, M\u00faltiples Culturas<\/a>,” is also known as “Maria’s Grocery” and was created in 2005 by Mural Arts with Venezuelan artists Jos\u00e9 Ali Paz and Henry Berm\u00fadez, according to a post<\/a> by the arts organization on social media. Political leader Sim\u00f3n Bolivar and poets Pablo Neruda and Gabriela Mistral are among the other people depicted in the mural.<\/p>\n Huerta, who was a labor leader alongside Chavez, recently said she had two non-consensual “sexual encounters”<\/a> with him that ended in pregnancy. Chavez and Huerta were co-founders of the National Farm Workers Association in the 1960s. The group later became the United Farm Workers union, which still represents nearly 5,000 farm workers.<\/p>\n Allegations that Chavez, a union and civil rights leader, abused multiple people were first reported by the New York Times<\/a> earlier this month.\u00a0<\/p>\n Chavez died in 1993. Huerta, 95, remains active in politics.\u00a0<\/p>\n Local governments and organizations<\/a> around the United States are reckoning<\/a> with how to manage holidays and events that honor Chavez in the wake of the allegations against him.<\/p>\n \n More from CBS News\n <\/p>\n