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Dolores Huerta Drive spans multiple blocks in the heart of the city, intersecting with Main Street and passing by both Grand Prairie City Hall and the Dallas County Government Center. It also runs alongside the famous Grand Prairie Farmers Market.

The allegations that the late farmer workers leader sexually abused and assaulted women and children have shocked many in North Texas' Hispanic communities, and stirred conversations about generational trauma among some women.

The Dallas City Council also removed Cesar Chavez Day from its calendar following accusations of sexual abuse involving the United Farm Workers leader.

City management swiftly authorized the street sign toppers removal two weeks before the council voted on doing so.

On what would have been Cesar Chavez’s 99th birthday, a group of Hispanic business and civil rights leaders gathered in downtown Dallas to ask for his name to be removed from any signs and buildings.

Schools were also directed to cancel or change celebrations of the late civil rights leader amid allegations of sexual abuse.

This includes ending the Cesar Chavez holiday in Tarrant County and removing street toppers with his name in Fort Worth.

The late civil rights icon is facing allegations of sexually abusing women and girls tied to the farmworker movement. The fallout is already reshaping how he’s honored across Texas, from canceled events to ending a state holiday.

Six Dallas City Council members requested the removal of Cesar Chavez from its 2026 and future citywide calendars.

The allegations include claims that Chávez sexually abused women and girls tied to the farmworker movement in the 1960s and 1970s.

The legacy of Cesar Chavez, renowned for decades as a leader in civil rights and labor organizing, is now in question after an investigation by the New York Times on allegations he continuously sexually abused underage girls.

A New York Times investigation has revealed allegations that the late renowned labor leader abused girls and raped Dolores Huerta, his longtime organizing partner.