Many of the women who helped lead the fight for Latino civil rights say they were quietly waging their own battles with harassment, misogyny and sexual assault inside the powerful United Farm Workers union.

Artists who created public depictions of the civil rights icon Cesar Chavez have had to revisit their works after accusations emerged of Mr. Chavez’s sexual abuse of girls in the movement.

The United Farm Workers co-founder had been celebrated as an exemplar of civil rights. Then, a Times investigation found extensive evidence of his abuse of women.

In his remote headquarters, the United Farm Workers leader began to see himself as not just a union leader, but a visionary healer.

Mr. Chavez began organizing in San Jose, Calif., in the 1950s and once lived there. After revelations of sexual abuse by the labor leader, the city and his old neighborhood confront his legacy.

The removals followed a New York Times investigation that revealed Chavez sexually abused women and girls.

The reckoning for the labor leader’s sex abuse was swift in Fresno, Calif., the heart of the Central Valley region where the farmworker movement was born. Towns across the nation face similar debates.

The accusations of assault have rattled communities across the country that have revered the labor icon for decades.

After the revelations of sex abuse, the public is left to make sense of the labor leader’s work and life.

Some states and cities have canceled their observances of Cesar Chavez Day on March 31. Los Angeles leaders said they planned to change the holiday to “Farm Workers Day” and untether it from Mr. Chavez’s birthday.

Plus, there’s a big catch for that stunning ocean view.

The co-founder of the United Farm Workers talked about her relationship with Cesar Chavez, and the night he raped her.

An investigation by The New York Times found extensive evidence that the United Farm Workers co-founder groomed and sexually abused girls who worked in the movement.

The revered union leader who campaigned for farm workers’ rights has been accused by women in the movement of years of sexual assault, some involving girls.