{"id":71425,"date":"2026-03-21T06:30:43","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T06:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/how-a-civil-rights-icon-used-his-power-to-abuse-girls-and-women\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T06:30:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T06:30:43","slug":"how-a-civil-rights-icon-used-his-power-to-abuse-girls-and-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/how-a-civil-rights-icon-used-his-power-to-abuse-girls-and-women\/","title":{"rendered":"How a Civil Rights Icon Used His Power to Abuse Girls and Women"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div><span class=\"css-hple31\">For five years, our reporters Manny Fernandez and Sarah Hurtes followed allegations that the civil rights icon Cesar Chavez had sexually abused girls and women at all levels of the United Farm Workers movement. 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