person of color

king of Persia who sanctioned the practice of Judaism in Jerusalem (?-424 BC)

king of Persia who subdued numerous revolutions and made peace with Sparta (?-359 BC)

Indian chief and founder of the Powhatan confederacy of tribes in eastern Virginia; father of Pocahontas (1550?-1618)

the Shoshone guide and interpreter who guided the Lewis and Clark expedition part of the way

Sherpa mountaineer guide who with Sir Edmund Hillary was one of the first to attain the summit of Mount Everest (1914-1986)

Sauk leader who in 1832 led Fox and Sauk warriors against the United States (1767-1838)

Apache leader of the resistance to United States troops in Arizona (1812-1874)

a chief of the Sioux who resisted the invasion of the Black Hills and joined Sitting Bull in the defeat of General Custer at Little Bighorn (1849-1877)

Apache chieftain who raided the white settlers in the Southwest as resistance to being confined to a reservation (1829-1909)

a Native American chieftain who argued for peace with the European settlers (16th century)

Sauk leader who aided the United States against Black Hawk (1790-1848)

Wampanoag leader who aided the Pilgrims (1580-1661)

a Powhatan woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life (1595-1617)

famous chief of the Ottawa who led an unsuccessful rebellion against the British (1715-1769)

a chief of the Sioux; he was with Sitting Bull and others at the Battle of Little Bighorn (1876) when General Custer's troops were massacred (1835-1905)

Cherokee who created a notation for writing the Cherokee language (1770-1843)

a famous chief of the Shawnee who tried to unite Indian tribes against the increasing white settlement (1768-1813)

leader of the Nez Perce in their retreat from United States troops (1840-1904)

leader of the Oglala who resisted the development of a trail through Wyoming and Montana by the United States government (1822-1909)

a chief of the Sioux; took up arms against settlers in the northern Great Plains and against United States Army troops; he was present at the Battle of Little Bighorn (1876) when the Sioux massacred General Custer's troops (1831-1890)

a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)

a native or inhabitant of Asia

any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived

(offensive British slang) term used by the British to refer to people of color from Africa or Asia

a Black woman or girl

a man who is Black

a woman who is Black

a United States term for Blacks that is now considered offensive

(ethnic slur) offensive term for Black people

(ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person

(ethnic slur) offensive and derogatory name for a Black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to Whites

(ethnic slur) an offensive name for an unskilled Asian laborer

a member of an Oriental race; the term is regarded as offensive by Asians (especially by Asian Americans)

a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived

a native or inhabitant of India

a person of mixed European and Asian descent

a native or inhabitant of Afghanistan

any member of the peoples speaking a language in the Altaic language group

a native or inhabitant of Armenia

a native or inhabitant of Bangladesh

(Hinduism) a member of a people living in Bangladesh and West Bengal (mainly Hindus)

a native or inhabitant of Bhutan

a native or inhabitant of Myanmar

a native or inhabitant of Byzantium or of the Byzantine Empire

a native or inhabitant of Cambodia

a native or inhabitant of Communist China or of Nationalist China

a native or inhabitant of the East Indies

a member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay Archipelago

a native or inhabitant of Hindustan or India

a people living traditionally in mountain villages in southern China and adjacent areas of Vietnam and Laos and Thailand; many have emigrated to the United States

a native or inhabitant of Indonesia

a native or inhabitant of Iran

a native or inhabitant of Iraq

a native or inhabitant of the ancient kingdom of Israel

a native or inhabitant of Israel

a native or inhabitant of Japan

a native or inhabitant of Jordan

a native or inhabitant of Korea who speaks the Korean language

a member of a largely pastoral Islamic people who live in Kurdistan; the largest ethnic group without their own state

a native or inhabitant of Kuwait

a member of a Buddhist people inhabiting the area of the Mekong River in Laos and Thailand and speaking the Lao language; related to the Thais

a native or inhabitant of Lebanon

a native or inhabitant of Malaysia

a native or inhabitant of Maldives

a native or inhabitant of Nepal

a native or inhabitant of Pakistan

a native or inhabitant of Parthia

a member of a native Indian group in South America

a member of an American Indian peoples of northeastern South America and the Lesser Antilles

a native or inhabitant of Sri Lanka

a member of the Himalayan people living in Nepal and Tibet who are famous for their skill as mountaineers

a native or inhabitant of Syria

a native or inhabitant of Taiwan

a native or inhabitant of Tajikistan and neighboring areas of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan and China

a native or inhabitant of Thailand

a native or inhabitant of Tibet

any member of the peoples speaking a Turkic language

a native or inhabitant of Kazakhstan

a native or inhabitant of Vietnam

an inhabitant of Singapore

a native or inhabitant of Sri Lanka

a native of ancient Troy

a member of a widespread group of Amerindians living in northeastern South America

a native or inhabitant of Iberia in the Caucasus

a member of the Mongoloid race

(ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child

a native or inhabitant of Timor