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