UnidosUS, formerly National Council of La Raza (NCLR), is the United States's largest Latino nonprofit advocacy organization. It advocates in favor of progressive public policy changes including immigration reform, a path to citizenship for migrants, and reduced deportations.
A press conference with UnidosUS with Senators Chuck Schumer and Kamala Harris in 2017
The Spanish expression la Raza has historically been used to refer to the mixed-race populations, considered as an ethnic or racial unit historically deriving from the Spanish Empire, and the process of racial intermixing during the Spanish colonization of the Americas with the indigenous populations of the Americas.
The Monumento a La Raza at Avenida de los Insurgentes, Mexico City (inaugurated 12 October 1940)
Text by Rubén Darío ("Salutación del optimista", 1905) inscribed on the Monumento a la Raza in Seville (1929). Translation: 'Illustrious, most fruitful races, fecund blood of Hispania, fraternal spirits, lumious souls, greetings!'
Propaganda poster by the Argentine government (1947) advocating a "strong, industrious, peaceful and sovereign race".