Black History Month 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.

1. Before Chuck Berry was a professional musician, he studied to be a hairdresser.
2. Jesse Owens broke Olympic records when he won 4 Track Gold Medals in 1936.
3. In 2003, Oprah Winfrey became the first African American woman billionaire.
4. Jack Johnson was the first African American World Heavyweight Boxing Champion.
5. Bernie MAC’s first standup comedy routine was at age 8 for his church.
6. Tupac Shakur’s name was Lesane Parish Crooks, but his mom changed it when she joined the Black Panthers.
7. The NAACP stands for the National Association for Advancement of Colored People.
8. Will Smith met Jeff Townes at age 16, and they launched DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince.
9. The United Kingdom celebrates Black History Month in October.
10. Martin Lawrence was born in Frankfurt, Germany.
11. Tyler Perry changed his given name because he did not want to be named after his abusive father.
12. Jay-Z got his stage name from New York’s J/Z subway lines.
13. Prince taught himself how to play piano, guitar, and drums.
14. The first Black senator was Hiram Reveals in 1870.
15. The first Black president was Barack Obama.
16. The NBA all-time leading scorer is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
17. Jazz was born out of the blues, ragtime, and marching bands.
18. Denzel Washington graduated from Fordham w/ degrees in Drama and Journalism.
19. Bill Russel was the first Black coach in the NBA.
20. Jazz originated in Louisiana in the 1800s.
21. The Black Panthers launched programs that benefited the Black community like free dental care, breakfast for low income kids, and drama classes.
22. Jackie Robinson’s brother Matthew won an Olympic silver medal in the 200 mtr dash, second to Jesse Owens
23. Michael Jordan was cut from his varsity basketball team in high school.
24. Ernie Davis was the first African American football star to receive 50 scholarships.
25. The active NBA player with the most career points scored is LeBron James.
26. Eddie Murphy hosted his school talent show at age 15.
27. John Mercer Langston was the first Black man to become a lawyer.
28. Tyler Perry was homeless and lived out of his car for awhile.
29. Kanye West’s father Ray was a former Black Panther.
30. James Harden became the first NBA player to score 60 points while recording a triple double.
31. Jerry Lawson brought interchangeable video games into people’s homes by inventing Fairchild Channel F.
32. In 2008, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt became the first man to set 3 world records in a single Olympic game.
33. Jackie Robinson helped establish the African American owned & operated Freedom Bank.