Chavez name, once an honor, now carries a stain that officials want to scrub
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A student looks toward a plywood box covering a statue of Csar Chavez at California State University, Fresno in Fresno, Calif., Wednesday, March 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vsquez)A sanitation worker picks up trash next to a mural of Csar Chavez in Bakersfield, Calif., Thursday, March 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vsquez)A marker in honor of Csar Chavez along the Points of Light: Volunteer Pathway on Thursday, March 19, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)Vehicles cross Southeast Csar E Chvez Boulevard on Wednesday, March 18, 2026, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)A statute of Csar Chavez stands in the middle of a plaza at Cesar Chavez Park, honoring the United Farm Workers union founder, Wednesday, March 18, 2026, in Laveen, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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A student looks toward a plywood box covering a statue of Csar Chavez at California State University, Fresno in Fresno, Calif., Wednesday, March 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vsquez)