Photos: UFW founders César Chávez and Dolores Huerta in Tucson over the years
Dolores Huerta, co-founder with Cesar Chavez of the United Farm Workers of America union, and others told the New York Times, for a report published March 18, that Chavez sexually abused them, including two women who said the abuse started when they were 12 and 13 in the 1970s. The New York Times published these findings after a multi-year investigation. Both Chavez, who died in 1993, and Huerta, as revered civil rights leaders, have made public appearances in Tucson over the years.
César Chávez
César Chávez on December 19, 1986.
César Chávez
United Farmworkers Chief César Chávez joins strikers at the Tucson Greyhound Bus Station November 26, 1983. He had been at the IBEW Electricians Local 769, and was on his way to Ajo Ariz. to speak to copper strikers.
César Chávez
César Chávez
Dolores Huerta
Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Worker's Union, speaks at the University of Arizona’s Mexican American students convocation on May 16, 1997.
Dolores Huerta
Dolores Huerta with a portrait of César Chávez, both civil rights leaders and co-founders of the United Farm Workers on July 26, 2000.
Dolores Huerta
Dolores Huerta, co-founder and current secretary-treasurer of the United Farm Workers, speaks at Rudy Garcia Park as part of a remembrance of César Chávez on April 2, 2006. Huerta co-founded the UFW with Chávez.
Dolores Huerta
Activist Dolores Huerta holds a sign with Maya Arce, far right, during the annual César Chávez March in Tucson, Ariz., on Saturday, March 31, 2007. Hundreds marched from Pueblo High School to Rudy Garcia Park near the rodeo grounds then listened to music and speeches from local politicos and Huerta.
Dolores Huerta
Dolores Huerta, second from right, sings Las Mananitas, a traditional Spanish birthday song, with Salvador Martinez, far right, and the members of the group Mariachi Las Aguilas de Aztlan at Rudy Garcia Park in Tucson on Saturday, March 31, 2007. Huerta cofounded United Farm Workers with César Chávez. She participated in a march for Chavez’s birthday.
Dolores Huerta
Activist Dolores Huerta, a close associate of the late Chicano activist César Chávez, gives a speech in Tucson after participating in a march commemorating his birthday on Saturday, March 31, 2007.
Dolores Huerta
Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers of America speaks to students at Sunnyside High School in Tucson, Ariz. Friday, April 4, 2008.
Dolores Huerta
Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers of America, talks to marchers before the start of the 8th Annual César Chávez March and Rally for Peace and Justice at Pueblo High School on April 5, 2008. Richard Chávez, brother of César Chávez, stands on the right.
Dolores Huerta
Dolores Huerta, a life-long civil rights activist and friend of Congressman Raul M. Grijalva speaks during his celebration of life ceremony at El Casino Ballroom, 437 East 26th Street, Tucson, Ariz., March 26, 2025.
Mamta Popat
Photojournalist
The University of Arizona, which has a César E. Chávez Building on campus, is considering its next steps, a spokesperson says, after this week…
Workers in the the city and county will get to keep the holiday currently named for Cesar Chavez, but it will no longer be named for the disgraced late labor leader and Latino icon.
The artist who created the bronze statue of César Chávez that stood at the intersection leading into Barrio Viejo south of downtown and the president of the neighborhood association both said they were not informed by the city in advance of its removal.