His magazines,Ebony and Jet,featured storiesabout AfricanAmerican people,their lives, and theiraccomplishments.Jazz singer,songwriter, pianist,arranger, & civilright activist. Wrotesong "FeelingGood" and "I put aspell on you".He was Secretaryof State, servingunder PresidentGeorge W. Bush.He was a 4-StarGeneral.Football playerfor the ChicagoBears.Nicknamed"Sweetness"BlindsingerandsongwriterWon thePulitzer Prizefor Fiction.Wrote "TheBluest Eye" and"Beloved".First Blackwoman toget apilot'slicenseShe hasearned 11Olympicmedals ingymnastic.Wrote"Invisible Man"about thelife of BlackpeopleFirst BlackfemaleSupremeCourt JusticeResearchesfeminism, Blackstudies, popularmusic andsocialconsciousness.Novelist,playwright,socialcritic.A self-taughtmathematician,astronomer,and farmer.Jamaican,singer-songwriter,musician,guitarist, andactivist.He was born intoslavery, but heescaped andbecame a leaderinthe fight againstslavery.Youngestperson towin golf'sMastersTournamentWoman whosecancer cell culturewas used to createone of the mostimportant cell linesin cancer researchin 1951.First BlackMajorLeagueBaseballplayerHe won 4 goldmedalsat the 1936SummerOlympics inBerlin, Germany.First blackfemaletennis playerand golferThe 49thVicePresident ofthe UnitedStates.Began herspeakingcareer in highschool as ananti-lynchingactivist.Workedwith MartinLutherKing, Jr.Entertainer andFrench resistanceactivist. Spoke atthe March onWashington by theside of Dr. King.Launched thecelebrationof "Negro HistoryWeek" in 1926,later renamedBlack HistoryMonth.inventedtrafficsignal andgas maskTalentedtrumpet player.Nicknamed"Satchmo" or"Pops"Female poet,author andcivil rightsactivistCo-founded theBlack PantherParty for Self-Defense in1966.A politicianwho fought forcivil rights.He led the marchfrom Selma toMontgomery.AmericanjazzsingerFirst blackwoman toserve in apresidentialcabinet positionGave "Ain't I aWoman"speech.Changedher name fromIsabella Bornfree.First Black child todesegregate anall-whiteelementary schoolin New Orleans,Louisiana in 1960.Won NobelPeace Prizefor work inthe MiddleEastMuslimminister andhuman rightsactivist. BornMalcolm Little.Civil Rights activistfrom Mississippi.Worked for votingrights, economicopportunity, &access to publicfacilities.Refused to giveup her seat to awhite man onan Alabamabus in 1955.Femalelawyer,educator andpolitician fromTexasGave the"I Have aDream"SpeechThisentrepreneurguided theJackson 5 tothe top of themusic charts.U.S. attorney inChicago in 1973.First Black womanto be elected tothe U.S. Senate in1992.Research chemist& pioneer in thechemical synthesisof medicinal drugsfrom plants.FounderofChicagoin 1779.first personto stand atthe NorthPoleHe was a star forthe University ofNorth Carolina andthe ChicagoBulls.Many believehe is the greatestof all time.He is a civil rightsactivist,presidentialcandidate andinternationalhostagenegotiator.Jamaican politicalleader,publisher, journalist,entrepreneur, orator,and proponent of thePan-Africanismmovement.Famousmoviedirector fromBrooklyn,New Yorkfirst BlackmaleastronautHe helpedMalcolm X writehis autobiographyand wrote thebook "Roots: TheSaga of anAmerican Family.Served asthe 44thPresident ofthe UnitedStates.Professionaltennis player andphilanthropist.Many consider herthe Greatest of AllTime (GOAT).Nine monthsbeforeRosa Parks, sherefusedto move from herseat on a bus.I madeimprovementsto the ironingboardinventionKnown forher speedandstyleEducatorand leader.FoundedTuskegeeInstitute.She raisedawarenessof theoppressionof women.Track star whoovercameasthma andwon 6 Olympicmedals.First womanand the firstAfricanAmericannationalsecurity adviserFirst BlackSupremeCourtJusticeScholar, writer, andcivilrights activist whofoughtfor equal rights forBlack people. Helpedfound the NAACP.Considered thegreatestbasketball playerever. Currentlyplays for the L.A.Lakers.Media networkowner, talkshow host,actress,producer andphilanthropist.importantarchitectandteacherWrote her mostfamous novel"Their EyesWere WatchingGod" in Haiti.She foughtforcivil rights &advised thePresidentInventednew waysto keepthings coldAthlete andperforming artistwho becameinvolved in theCivil RightsMovement.Americanballerina.First Blackwoman to win3 goldmedals in anOlympicsAlsoknown asthe "Kingof Pop"In the early 1900sher makeup andhair care businessearned over onemillion dollars ayear.Scientistknown forhiswork withpeanutsHe was thefirst Blackperson tostar inmovies.She was reallygood at mathand used herskills to helpsend astronautsto the moon.Son of former slavesfrom Kentucky whoescaped to freedomvia the UndergroundRailroad. Held 57patents, many relatedto steam engines.EnslavedAfrican-American wholed a rebellionof slaves andfree Blacks.First BlackGeneralin the U.S.Air ForceLead enslavedpeople throughtheUndergroundRailroadGreatestBoxer ofall TimeAuthor andlawyer bornon thesouth side ofChicago.First Black manto win the U.S.Open andWimbledonsingles titleFirst Blackwoman towin an Oscarfor portrayal in"Gone with theWind."First Blackwomanelected toU.S.Congress.His magazines,Ebony and Jet,featured storiesabout AfricanAmerican people,their lives, and theiraccomplishments.Jazz singer,songwriter, pianist,arranger, & civilright activist. Wrotesong "FeelingGood" and "I put aspell on you".He was Secretaryof State, servingunder PresidentGeorge W. Bush.He was a 4-StarGeneral.Football playerfor the ChicagoBears.Nicknamed"Sweetness"BlindsingerandsongwriterWon thePulitzer Prizefor Fiction.Wrote "TheBluest Eye" and"Beloved".First Blackwoman toget apilot'slicenseShe hasearned 11Olympicmedals ingymnastic.Wrote"Invisible Man"about thelife of BlackpeopleFirst BlackfemaleSupremeCourt JusticeResearchesfeminism, Blackstudies, popularmusic andsocialconsciousness.Novelist,playwright,socialcritic.A self-taughtmathematician,astronomer,and farmer.Jamaican,singer-songwriter,musician,guitarist, andactivist.He was born intoslavery, but heescaped andbecame a leaderinthe fight againstslavery.Youngestperson towin golf'sMastersTournamentWoman whosecancer cell culturewas used to createone of the mostimportant cell linesin cancer researchin 1951.First BlackMajorLeagueBaseballplayerHe won 4 goldmedalsat the 1936SummerOlympics inBerlin, Germany.First blackfemaletennis playerand golferThe 49thVicePresident ofthe UnitedStates.Began herspeakingcareer in highschool as ananti-lynchingactivist.Workedwith MartinLutherKing, Jr.Entertainer andFrench resistanceactivist. Spoke atthe March onWashington by theside of Dr. King.Launched thecelebrationof "Negro HistoryWeek" in 1926,later renamedBlack HistoryMonth.inventedtrafficsignal andgas maskTalentedtrumpet player.Nicknamed"Satchmo" or"Pops"Female poet,author andcivil rightsactivistCo-founded theBlack PantherParty for Self-Defense in1966.A politicianwho fought forcivil rights.He led the marchfrom Selma toMontgomery.AmericanjazzsingerFirst blackwoman toserve in apresidentialcabinet positionGave "Ain't I aWoman"speech.Changedher name fromIsabella Bornfree.First Black child todesegregate anall-whiteelementary schoolin New Orleans,Louisiana in 1960.Won NobelPeace Prizefor work inthe MiddleEastMuslimminister andhuman rightsactivist. BornMalcolm Little.Civil Rights activistfrom Mississippi.Worked for votingrights, economicopportunity, &access to publicfacilities.Refused to giveup her seat to awhite man onan Alabamabus in 1955.Femalelawyer,educator andpolitician fromTexasGave the"I Have aDream"SpeechThisentrepreneurguided theJackson 5 tothe top of themusic charts.U.S. attorney inChicago in 1973.First Black womanto be elected tothe U.S. Senate in1992.Research chemist& pioneer in thechemical synthesisof medicinal drugsfrom plants.FounderofChicagoin 1779.first personto stand atthe NorthPoleHe was a star forthe University ofNorth Carolina andthe ChicagoBulls.Many believehe is the greatestof all time.He is a civil rightsactivist,presidentialcandidate andinternationalhostagenegotiator.Jamaican politicalleader,publisher, journalist,entrepreneur, orator,and proponent of thePan-Africanismmovement.Famousmoviedirector fromBrooklyn,New Yorkfirst BlackmaleastronautHe helpedMalcolm X writehis autobiographyand wrote thebook "Roots: TheSaga of anAmerican Family.Served asthe 44thPresident ofthe UnitedStates.Professionaltennis player andphilanthropist.Many consider herthe Greatest of AllTime (GOAT).Nine monthsbeforeRosa Parks, sherefusedto move from herseat on a bus.I madeimprovementsto the ironingboardinventionKnown forher speedandstyleEducatorand leader.FoundedTuskegeeInstitute.She raisedawarenessof theoppressionof women.Track star whoovercameasthma andwon 6 Olympicmedals.First womanand the firstAfricanAmericannationalsecurity adviserFirst BlackSupremeCourtJusticeScholar, writer, andcivilrights activist whofoughtfor equal rights forBlack people. Helpedfound the NAACP.Considered thegreatestbasketball playerever. Currentlyplays for the L.A.Lakers.Media networkowner, talkshow host,actress,producer andphilanthropist.importantarchitectandteacherWrote her mostfamous novel"Their EyesWere WatchingGod" in Haiti.She foughtforcivil rights &advised thePresidentInventednew waysto keepthings coldAthlete andperforming artistwho becameinvolved in theCivil RightsMovement.Americanballerina.First Blackwoman to win3 goldmedals in anOlympicsAlsoknown asthe "Kingof Pop"In the early 1900sher makeup andhair care businessearned over onemillion dollars ayear.Scientistknown forhiswork withpeanutsHe was thefirst Blackperson tostar inmovies.She was reallygood at mathand used herskills to helpsend astronautsto the moon.Son of former slavesfrom Kentucky whoescaped to freedomvia the UndergroundRailroad. Held 57patents, many relatedto steam engines.EnslavedAfrican-American wholed a rebellionof slaves andfree Blacks.First BlackGeneralin the U.S.Air ForceLead enslavedpeople throughtheUndergroundRailroadGreatestBoxer ofall TimeAuthor andlawyer bornon thesouth side ofChicago.First Black manto win the U.S.Open andWimbledonsingles titleFirst Blackwoman towin an Oscarfor portrayal in"Gone with theWind."First Blackwomanelected toU.S.Congress.

Famous Black Leaders Bingo - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. His magazines, Ebony and Jet, featured stories about African American people, their lives, and their accomplishments.
  2. Jazz singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, & civil right activist. Wrote song "Feeling Good" and "I put a spell on you".
  3. He was Secretary of State, serving under President George W. Bush. He was a 4-Star General.
  4. Football player for the Chicago Bears. Nicknamed "Sweetness"
  5. Blind singer and songwriter
  6. Won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Wrote "The Bluest Eye" and "Beloved".
  7. First Black woman to get a pilot's license
  8. She has earned 11 Olympic medals in gymnastic.
  9. Wrote "Invisible Man" about the life of Black people
  10. First Black female Supreme Court Justice
  11. Researches feminism, Black studies, popular music and social consciousness.
  12. Novelist, playwright, social critic.
  13. A self-taught mathematician, astronomer, and farmer.
  14. Jamaican, singer-songwriter, musician, guitarist, and activist.
  15. He was born into slavery, but he escaped and became a leader in the fight against slavery.
  16. Youngest person to win golf's Masters Tournament
  17. Woman whose cancer cell culture was used to create one of the most important cell lines in cancer research in 1951.
  18. First Black Major League Baseball player
  19. He won 4 gold medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany.
  20. First black female tennis player and golfer
  21. The 49th Vice President of the United States.
  22. Began her speaking career in high school as an anti-lynching activist.
  23. Worked with Martin Luther King, Jr.
  24. Entertainer and French resistance activist. Spoke at the March on Washington by the side of Dr. King.
  25. Launched the celebration of "Negro History Week" in 1926, later renamed Black History Month.
  26. invented traffic signal and gas mask
  27. Talented trumpet player. Nicknamed "Satchmo" or "Pops"
  28. Female poet, author and civil rights activist
  29. Co-founded the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense in 1966.
  30. A politician who fought for civil rights. He led the march from Selma to Montgomery.
  31. American jazz singer
  32. First black woman to serve in a presidential cabinet position
  33. Gave "Ain't I a Woman" speech.Changed her name from Isabella Bornfree.
  34. First Black child to desegregate an all-white elementary school in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1960.
  35. Won Nobel Peace Prize for work in the Middle East
  36. Muslim minister and human rights activist. Born Malcolm Little.
  37. Civil Rights activist from Mississippi. Worked for voting rights, economic opportunity, & access to public facilities.
  38. Refused to give up her seat to a white man on an Alabama bus in 1955.
  39. Female lawyer, educator and politician from Texas
  40. Gave the "I Have a Dream" Speech
  41. This entrepreneur guided the Jackson 5 to the top of the music charts.
  42. U.S. attorney in Chicago in 1973. First Black woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate in 1992.
  43. Research chemist & pioneer in the chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs from plants.
  44. Founder of Chicago in 1779.
  45. first person to stand at the North Pole
  46. He was a star for the University of North Carolina and the Chicago Bulls.Many believe he is the greatest of all time.
  47. He is a civil rights activist, presidential candidate and international hostage negotiator.
  48. Jamaican political leader, publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, orator, and proponent of the Pan-Africanism movement.
  49. Famous movie director from Brooklyn, New York
  50. first Black male astronaut
  51. He helped Malcolm X write his autobiography and wrote the book "Roots: The Saga of an American Family.
  52. Served as the 44th President of the United States.
  53. Professional tennis player and philanthropist. Many consider her the Greatest of All Time (GOAT).
  54. Nine months before Rosa Parks, she refused to move from her seat on a bus.
  55. I made improvements to the ironing board invention
  56. Known for her speed and style
  57. Educator and leader. Founded Tuskegee Institute.
  58. She raised awareness of the oppression of women.
  59. Track star who overcame asthma and won 6 Olympic medals.
  60. First woman and the first African American national security adviser
  61. First Black Supreme Court Justice
  62. Scholar, writer, and civil rights activist who fought for equal rights for Black people. Helped found the NAACP.
  63. Considered the greatest basketball player ever. Currently plays for the L.A. Lakers.
  64. Media network owner, talk show host, actress, producer and philanthropist.
  65. important architect and teacher
  66. Wrote her most famous novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God" in Haiti.
  67. She fought for civil rights & advised the President
  68. Invented new ways to keep things cold
  69. Athlete and performing artist who became involved in the Civil Rights Movement.
  70. American ballerina.
  71. First Black woman to win 3 gold medals in an Olympics
  72. Also known as the "King of Pop"
  73. In the early 1900s her makeup and hair care business earned over one million dollars a year.
  74. Scientist known for his work with peanuts
  75. He was the first Black person to star in movies.
  76. She was really good at math and used her skills to help send astronauts to the moon.
  77. Son of former slaves from Kentucky who escaped to freedom via the Underground Railroad. Held 57 patents, many related to steam engines.
  78. Enslaved African-American who led a rebellion of slaves and free Blacks.
  79. First Black General in the U.S. Air Force
  80. Lead enslaved people through the Underground Railroad
  81. Greatest Boxer of all Time
  82. Author and lawyer born on the south side of Chicago.
  83. First Black man to win the U.S. Open and Wimbledon singles title
  84. First Black woman to win an Oscar for portrayal in "Gone with the Wind."
  85. First Black woman elected to U.S. Congress.