She was the first person of African ancestry to be elected to the national council.
Negro is a word used in the English-speaking world to refer to a person of black ancestry or appearance.
He was believed to have been the first person of Chinese ancestry in the country to play golf.
With that time he became the first person not of West African ancestry to break the 10-second barrier.
The previous Dec. 3, he had become the first person of completely Italian ancestry to serve as a governor.
It is specific in granting the vote to persons of defined ancestry and to no others" (17).
He is also the second person of Portuguese ancestry to serve the community as its ordinary.
He was the first person of Korean ancestry to be admitted to practice law in the United States.
Meanwhile, whites, blacks, and persons of mixed ancestry increased in number.
It eventually came to denote a person of predominantly African ancestry.