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

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