{"id":467424,"date":"2026-10-16T02:50:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T02:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/467424\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T02:50:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T02:50:12","slug":"dallas-leaders-want-to-rename-cesar-chavez-boulevard-after-abuse-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/467424\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas leaders want to rename Cesar Chavez Boulevard after abuse allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dallas leaders want to change Cesar Chavez Boulevard to United Farm Workers Way <\/a>after several women and girls earlier this year accused Chavez, a labor rights activist, of sexually abusing them decades ago.<\/p>\n

Council members Adam Bazaldua and Paula Blackmon and Mayor Pro Tem Jaime Resendez said the city has “a responsibility to ensure that the individuals we formally recognize reflect the values and standards we uphold as a community.”<\/p>\n

Instead, United Farm Workers Way would honor the agricultural workers who pushed for and won safer working conditions, fair wages and dignity in the workplace.<\/p>\n

Community efforts to remove Chavez’s name from public infrastructure grew stronger after The New York Times<\/a> released its investigation into the activist’s history of abuse.<\/p>\n

Social media groups rallied behind efforts to rename the street that was named for him. The boulevard runs south of Interstate 30 near Old City Park and up near the Farmers Market. Even a former council member<\/a> who had initially helped name the downtown street said he supported a change.<\/p>\n

In April, the three city leaders joined council members Laura Cadena and Gay Donnell Willis to designate April 10 as “Dolores Huerta Day,” to honor the Mexican-American leader who co-founded the United Farm Workers with Chavez and was among the women who had accused him of assault.<\/p>\n

The Dallas effort mirrors similar name changes in other North Texas cities. Fort Worth removed street sign toppers with Chavez’s name<\/a> in March.<\/p>\n

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