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Hey there, everybody.

It is Thursday, March 19th, and this powerful statement, I have kept this secret long enough,

my silence ends here.

We are hearing from a 95-year-old woman who has added to the growing accusations

against iconic Latino labor rights leader, presidential Medal of Freedom recipient,

Cesar Chavez, after a stunning investigation by the New York Times. And with that, everyone,

welcome to this episode

of Amy and T.J. These details, these women's stories are all powerful. But Dolores Huerta,

wow, her full statement is something that I believe everyone should read.

Please, let's do here.

This has been breaking in a lot of headlines,

and a lot of people trying to understand the headlines.

Some don't even understand the full history,

but she is significant, was right by his side during much of his rise to prominence.

Absolutely.

So we're going to read Dolores Cuerto's full statement.

And we'll get into the growing calls to basically reassess how we view Cesar Chavez. We have a federal holiday. The state of California honors this man. His face, his name, his likeness is all throughout this country and certainly a huge part of our history. So here now from a woman

who worked alongside him and co-founded his movement, I am nearly 96 years old and for the last

60 years have kept a secret because I believe that exposing the truth would hurt the farm worker

movement I have spent my entire life

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