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In a town close to the farmworker movement, some struggle to process Chavez allegations

Signage outside of The Forty Acres, the first headquarters for the United Farm Workers of America, founded by Cesar Chavez in Delano, Calif., on March 29.

March 31 is Cesar Chavez's birthday, and a longtime holiday. In the wake of sexual assault allegations against him, residents in the farming town of Delano are conflicted about how to remember him.

(Image credit: Jennifer Emerling for NPR)

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