After years of trying, Dallas activists finally got what they asked for: A street named for civil rights and labor leader Cesar E. Chavez.
The council’s path toward honoring Chavez, and acknowledging the influence of Dallas’ growing Hispanic population, was far from smooth.
The council rejected efforts to rename more prominent streets in Industrial Boulevard and Ross Avenue for Chavez. A short-lived plan to rename Young Street never made it to the full council.
The council was clearly united in the plan to rename the short stretch of surface street that runs past the Dallas Farmers Market.
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