JohnBrownFoughtagainstslavery;abolitionistDr.CharlesDrewI am creditedwithdevelopingblood banks.HBCUStands for"historicallyblack collegeor university"RosaParksArrested becauseshe would not giveup her seat to awhite person on abus one dayFrederickJonesI am an AfricanAmericaninventor whoinvented the airconditioner.MedgarEversWorked for theNAACP. Waskilled whilehelping organizevoting rightsboycotts.JesseJacksonI ran forPresident inthe 1980s. Iam a civilrights leader.Non-violencechoosing apeacefulmeans ofachievingchangeHuey P.NewtonCo-founder of theBlack PantherParty - organizedto fight policebrutality inOakland, CABenjaminBannekerI am creditedwith helping todesign theblueprints forWashington,D.C.ArethaFranklinThis Queen of Soulwas not only the firstAfrican Americanwoman inducted intothe Rock & Roll Hallof Fame, but the firstwoman, period.SegregationA system ofseparationbased on race,religion, or otherunchosenfactorsSidneyPortierI am the firstAfrican-American towin an Oscarfor best actor.BlackPantherThis character,T-Challa, firstappeared inMarvel comics in1966.AbolitionTo stop a wayof doing things,especially thepractice ofslaveryCivilDisobediencechoosing todisobey laws orcustoms toshow that theyare unjustVirginiaHamiltonI am one ofAmerica’s mosthonored writersof books forchildren.GeorgeWashingtonCarverI developedpeanutbutter and400 plantproducts!InstitutionalRacisma systemic way ofdoing things adoptedby businesses,government, or otherorganizations thatdenies people accessto basic rightsMichaelJordanI have come to beone the greatestbasketball players ofall time. Led ChicagoBulls to 6 nationalchampionshipsThurgoodMarshallHe was the firstAfricanAmericanappointed to theU.S. SupremeCourtMae C.JemisonI am the firstAfrican-Americanwoman inspace.AbrahamLincolnPresident whosignedEmancipationProclamation,which endedslavery in the U.S.W.E.B.DuBoisHe was awriter ascholar andthe founder ofthe NAACPMadamC.J.WalkerI become the firstAfrican Americanmillionaire for myinvention of haircare products.Dr.Carter G.WoodsonI launchedNegro HistoryWeek whichlater evolvedinto BlackHistory Month.March onWashingtonLargest peacefulcivil rightsdemonstration in1963 - featured Dr.King's "I Have aDream"Dehumanizationtreatingsomeone in away thatdenies theirhuman dignityAsaPhilipRandolphOrganized theBrotherhood ofPullman Porters andnegotiated the firstlabor agreement by ablack union with amajor corporation.KobeBryantThis NBA all-starbecame the firstathlete and the AfricanAmerican to win anOscar for BestAnimated Short for hisfilm, Dear Basketball.He was a creditedwriter for the project.BenjaminO DavisSrThe firstAfricanAmericangeneral inthe U.S armyOprahWinfreyI am the first AfricanAmerican woman tolaunch my own TVNetwork. I am a talkshow host.JamesMeredithFirst blackstudent at theUniversity ofMississippi (3-day riot over hisenrollment)LittleRockNineWe are the firstblack teenagers toattend the all-whiteCentral HighSchool in LittleRock, Arkansas.Sit-insNon-violent protestsin segregatedbusiness whereparticipants sat downand refused to moveuntil they wereservedGerald"Jerry"Lawsonone of the fathers ofmodern gaming, ledthe team thatdeveloped the firsthome video gamingsystem withinterchangeablecartridges.Plessy v.Fergusonsupreme courtdecision that made"Separate butequal" the law inthe south (JimCrow)JackieRobinsonI am the firstAfrican-Americanallowed to playmajor leaguebaseball.MarcusGarveyI encouragedBlackmigrationback toAfrica.EdwardWBrookeHe was thefirst AfricanAmericanU.S. SenatorHarrietTubmanI escaped slaveryand returned tolead others usingthe UndergroundRailroad.MartinLutherKing Jr.Led the SCLC,Marched for civilrights non-violentlydelivered the “Ihave a DreamSpeech.”ShirleyChisholmI survived 3assassinationattempts duringmy campaign forthe 1972Presidentialelection.ChicagoDefenderThis Chicago-basedAfrican-Amernewspaper wasfounded in 1905 andwas once consideredthe "most important"newspaper of itskind.B.B.KingI am a famousmusicianknown as“The King ofthe Blues.”RubyBridgesI was the firstAfricanAmerican childto attend an allwhite school inthe south.FrederickDouglasBorn a slave,escaped fromslavery andbecame anabolitionistleader.John H.Johnsonwas an Americanbusinessman andpublisher, founder in1942 of the JohnsonPublishing publisherof Ebony and JetMagazines.FreedomRidersNorthern activistswho tookintegrated bustrips through thesegregated southBoycottRefusing to dobusiness withsomeone inorder to affecttheir businesspracticesSecondClassCitizenshiphaving less accessto the rights of acitizen than otherpeople in orbeyond yourcommunityAlexHaleyI am a famouswriter bestknown for mywork about myfamily’s historycalled “Roots.”MississippiFreedomSummerMajor votingrights drive inMississippiduring thesummer of1964FannieLouHamerShe was thevice chair ofMississippiFreedomDemocraticParty.ColinPowellI am the firstAfrican-Americanto hold the office ofU.S. Secretary ofState.Ida BWellsShe foughtagainst theLynchinglaws of the1920s.MamieTillAllowed photosof her brutallymurdered son tobe broadcast tothe worldMuhammadAliI am one ofthe greatestboxers of alltime.CharlesHHoustonHe was an AfricanAmerican lawyerand a dean ofHoward UniversityLaw schoolDianeNashConvicted forcontributing to thedelinquency ofminors when sherecruited teenagersfor civil rightsdemonstrationsStevieWonderHe helped makeMLK's birthday anational holiday withthe assistance ofspecial lyrics from his“Happy Birthday”song.BillieHolidayI am one ofthe mostfamous Jazzsingers of alltime.Booker T.WashingtonI organized theTuskegee Institute,a leading African-Am. Educationalinstitution inAmerica.Dr.PatriciaE. BathI invented amethod of eyesurgery that hashelped manyblind people tosee.SojournerTruthI am a freed slavewho traveledthroughout theNorth preachingemancipation andwomen’s rights.SelmaMarchBridge toFreedom,fighting forvoting rights inthe deep southEmancipationThe act offreeingslaves frombondageMalcolmXFounded theOrganization of Afro-American Unity. I ama Muslim Ministerand human rightsactivist who wasassassinated for myefforts.Brown v.Board ofEducationSupreme courtdecision tointegrate schools,invalidated"separate butequal"SystemicChangealtering a way ofdoing things,usually to makeconditions fairfor allNAACPNationalAssociation for theAdvancement ofColored People,founded in 1909 byW.E.B DuBoisGarrettMorganI inventedthe gasmask andthe firsttraffic signal.CondoleezzaRiceI am the firstAfrican Americanwoman to hold theposition of U.S.Secretary of State.JayZBorn Sean Carter,this rapper, recordproducer, andbusiness mogul isregarded as one ofthe most influentialhip-hop artists of hisgenerationJohnBrownFoughtagainstslavery;abolitionistDr.CharlesDrewI am creditedwithdevelopingblood banks.HBCUStands for"historicallyblack collegeor university"RosaParksArrested becauseshe would not giveup her seat to awhite person on abus one dayFrederickJonesI am an AfricanAmericaninventor whoinvented the airconditioner.MedgarEversWorked for theNAACP. Waskilled whilehelping organizevoting rightsboycotts.JesseJacksonI ran forPresident inthe 1980s. Iam a civilrights leader.Non-violencechoosing apeacefulmeans ofachievingchangeHuey P.NewtonCo-founder of theBlack PantherParty - organizedto fight policebrutality inOakland, CABenjaminBannekerI am creditedwith helping todesign theblueprints forWashington,D.C.ArethaFranklinThis Queen of Soulwas not only the firstAfrican Americanwoman inducted intothe Rock & Roll Hallof Fame, but the firstwoman, period.SegregationA system ofseparationbased on race,religion, or otherunchosenfactorsSidneyPortierI am the firstAfrican-American towin an Oscarfor best actor.BlackPantherThis character,T-Challa, firstappeared inMarvel comics in1966.AbolitionTo stop a wayof doing things,especially thepractice ofslaveryCivilDisobediencechoosing todisobey laws orcustoms toshow that theyare unjustVirginiaHamiltonI am one ofAmerica’s mosthonored writersof books forchildren.GeorgeWashingtonCarverI developedpeanutbutter and400 plantproducts!InstitutionalRacisma systemic way ofdoing things adoptedby businesses,government, or otherorganizations thatdenies people accessto basic rightsMichaelJordanI have come to beone the greatestbasketball players ofall time. Led ChicagoBulls to 6 nationalchampionshipsThurgoodMarshallHe was the firstAfricanAmericanappointed to theU.S. SupremeCourtMae C.JemisonI am the firstAfrican-Americanwoman inspace.AbrahamLincolnPresident whosignedEmancipationProclamation,which endedslavery in the U.S.W.E.B.DuBoisHe was awriter ascholar andthe founder ofthe NAACPMadamC.J.WalkerI become the firstAfrican Americanmillionaire for myinvention of haircare products.Dr.Carter G.WoodsonI launchedNegro HistoryWeek whichlater evolvedinto BlackHistory Month.March onWashingtonLargest peacefulcivil rightsdemonstration in1963 - featured Dr.King's "I Have aDream"Dehumanizationtreatingsomeone in away thatdenies theirhuman dignityAsaPhilipRandolphOrganized theBrotherhood ofPullman Porters andnegotiated the firstlabor agreement by ablack union with amajor corporation.KobeBryantThis NBA all-starbecame the firstathlete and the AfricanAmerican to win anOscar for BestAnimated Short for hisfilm, Dear Basketball.He was a creditedwriter for the project.BenjaminO DavisSrThe firstAfricanAmericangeneral inthe U.S armyOprahWinfreyI am the first AfricanAmerican woman tolaunch my own TVNetwork. I am a talkshow host.JamesMeredithFirst blackstudent at theUniversity ofMississippi (3-day riot over hisenrollment)LittleRockNineWe are the firstblack teenagers toattend the all-whiteCentral HighSchool in LittleRock, Arkansas.Sit-insNon-violent protestsin segregatedbusiness whereparticipants sat downand refused to moveuntil they wereservedGerald"Jerry"Lawsonone of the fathers ofmodern gaming, ledthe team thatdeveloped the firsthome video gamingsystem withinterchangeablecartridges.Plessy v.Fergusonsupreme courtdecision that made"Separate butequal" the law inthe south (JimCrow)JackieRobinsonI am the firstAfrican-Americanallowed to playmajor leaguebaseball.MarcusGarveyI encouragedBlackmigrationback toAfrica.EdwardWBrookeHe was thefirst AfricanAmericanU.S. SenatorHarrietTubmanI escaped slaveryand returned tolead others usingthe UndergroundRailroad.MartinLutherKing Jr.Led the SCLC,Marched for civilrights non-violentlydelivered the “Ihave a DreamSpeech.”ShirleyChisholmI survived 3assassinationattempts duringmy campaign forthe 1972Presidentialelection.ChicagoDefenderThis Chicago-basedAfrican-Amernewspaper wasfounded in 1905 andwas once consideredthe "most important"newspaper of itskind.B.B.KingI am a famousmusicianknown as“The King ofthe Blues.”RubyBridgesI was the firstAfricanAmerican childto attend an allwhite school inthe south.FrederickDouglasBorn a slave,escaped fromslavery andbecame anabolitionistleader.John H.Johnsonwas an Americanbusinessman andpublisher, founder in1942 of the JohnsonPublishing publisherof Ebony and JetMagazines.FreedomRidersNorthern activistswho tookintegrated bustrips through thesegregated southBoycottRefusing to dobusiness withsomeone inorder to affecttheir businesspracticesSecondClassCitizenshiphaving less accessto the rights of acitizen than otherpeople in orbeyond yourcommunityAlexHaleyI am a famouswriter bestknown for mywork about myfamily’s historycalled “Roots.”MississippiFreedomSummerMajor votingrights drive inMississippiduring thesummer of1964FannieLouHamerShe was thevice chair ofMississippiFreedomDemocraticParty.ColinPowellI am the firstAfrican-Americanto hold the office ofU.S. Secretary ofState.Ida BWellsShe foughtagainst theLynchinglaws of the1920s.MamieTillAllowed photosof her brutallymurdered son tobe broadcast tothe worldMuhammadAliI am one ofthe greatestboxers of alltime.CharlesHHoustonHe was an AfricanAmerican lawyerand a dean ofHoward UniversityLaw schoolDianeNashConvicted forcontributing to thedelinquency ofminors when sherecruited teenagersfor civil rightsdemonstrationsStevieWonderHe helped makeMLK's birthday anational holiday withthe assistance ofspecial lyrics from his“Happy Birthday”song.BillieHolidayI am one ofthe mostfamous Jazzsingers of alltime.Booker T.WashingtonI organized theTuskegee Institute,a leading African-Am. Educationalinstitution inAmerica.Dr.PatriciaE. BathI invented amethod of eyesurgery that hashelped manyblind people tosee.SojournerTruthI am a freed slavewho traveledthroughout theNorth preachingemancipation andwomen’s rights.SelmaMarchBridge toFreedom,fighting forvoting rights inthe deep southEmancipationThe act offreeingslaves frombondageMalcolmXFounded theOrganization of Afro-American Unity. I ama Muslim Ministerand human rightsactivist who wasassassinated for myefforts.Brown v.Board ofEducationSupreme courtdecision tointegrate schools,invalidated"separate butequal"SystemicChangealtering a way ofdoing things,usually to makeconditions fairfor allNAACPNationalAssociation for theAdvancement ofColored People,founded in 1909 byW.E.B DuBoisGarrettMorganI inventedthe gasmask andthe firsttraffic signal.CondoleezzaRiceI am the firstAfrican Americanwoman to hold theposition of U.S.Secretary of State.JayZBorn Sean Carter,this rapper, recordproducer, andbusiness mogul isregarded as one ofthe most influentialhip-hop artists of hisgeneration

Living Black History 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. Fought against slavery; abolitionist
    John Brown
  2. I am credited with developing blood banks.
    Dr. Charles Drew
  3. Stands for "historically black college or university"
    HBCU
  4. Arrested because she would not give up her seat to a white person on a bus one day
    Rosa Parks
  5. I am an African American inventor who invented the air conditioner.
    Frederick Jones
  6. Worked for the NAACP. Was killed while helping organize voting rights boycotts.
    Medgar Evers
  7. I ran for President in the 1980s. I am a civil rights leader.
    Jesse Jackson
  8. choosing a peaceful means of achieving change
    Non-violence
  9. Co-founder of the Black Panther Party - organized to fight police brutality in Oakland, CA
    Huey P. Newton
  10. I am credited with helping to design the blueprints for Washington, D.C.
    Benjamin Banneker
  11. This Queen of Soul was not only the first African American woman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, but the first woman, period.
    Aretha Franklin
  12. A system of separation based on race, religion, or other unchosen factors
    Segregation
  13. I am the first African-American to win an Oscar for best actor.
    Sidney Portier
  14. This character, T-Challa, first appeared in Marvel comics in 1966.
    Black Panther
  15. To stop a way of doing things, especially the practice of slavery
    Abolition
  16. choosing to disobey laws or customs to show that they are unjust
    Civil Disobedience
  17. I am one of America’s most honored writers of books for children.
    Virginia Hamilton
  18. I developed peanut butter and 400 plant products!
    George Washington Carver
  19. a systemic way of doing things adopted by businesses, government, or other organizations that denies people access to basic rights
    Institutional Racism
  20. I have come to be one the greatest basketball players of all time. Led Chicago Bulls to 6 national championships
    Michael Jordan
  21. He was the first African American appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court
    Thurgood Marshall
  22. I am the first African-American woman in space.
    Mae C. Jemison
  23. President who signed Emancipation Proclamation, which ended slavery in the U.S.
    Abraham Lincoln
  24. He was a writer a scholar and the founder of the NAACP
    W.E.B. DuBois
  25. I become the first African American millionaire for my invention of hair care products.
    Madam C.J. Walker
  26. I launched Negro History Week which later evolved into Black History Month.
    Dr. Carter G. Woodson
  27. Largest peaceful civil rights demonstration in 1963 - featured Dr. King's "I Have a Dream"
    March on Washington
  28. treating someone in a way that denies their human dignity
    Dehumanization
  29. Organized the Brotherhood of Pullman Porters and negotiated the first labor agreement by a black union with a major corporation.
    Asa Philip Randolph
  30. This NBA all-star became the first athlete and the African American to win an Oscar for Best Animated Short for his film, Dear Basketball. He was a credited writer for the project.
    Kobe Bryant
  31. The first African American general in the U.S army
    Benjamin O Davis Sr
  32. I am the first African American woman to launch my own TV Network. I am a talk show host.
    Oprah Winfrey
  33. First black student at the University of Mississippi (3-day riot over his enrollment)
    James Meredith
  34. We are the first black teenagers to attend the all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.
    Little Rock Nine
  35. Non-violent protests in segregated business where participants sat down and refused to move until they were served
    Sit-ins
  36. one of the fathers of modern gaming, led the team that developed the first home video gaming system with interchangeable cartridges.
    Gerald "Jerry" Lawson
  37. supreme court decision that made "Separate but equal" the law in the south (Jim Crow)
    Plessy v. Ferguson
  38. I am the first African- American allowed to play major league baseball.
    Jackie Robinson
  39. I encouraged Black migration back to Africa.
    Marcus Garvey
  40. He was the first African American U.S. Senator
    Edward W Brooke
  41. I escaped slavery and returned to lead others using the Underground Railroad.
    Harriet Tubman
  42. Led the SCLC, Marched for civil rights non-violently delivered the “I have a Dream Speech.”
    Martin Luther King Jr.
  43. I survived 3 assassination attempts during my campaign for the 1972 Presidential election.
    Shirley Chisholm
  44. This Chicago-based African-Amer newspaper was founded in 1905 and was once considered the "most important" newspaper of its kind.
    Chicago Defender
  45. I am a famous musician known as “The King of the Blues.”
    B.B. King
  46. I was the first African American child to attend an all white school in the south.
    Ruby Bridges
  47. Born a slave, escaped from slavery and became an abolitionist leader.
    Frederick Douglas
  48. was an American businessman and publisher, founder in 1942 of the Johnson Publishing publisher of Ebony and Jet Magazines.
    John H. Johnson
  49. Northern activists who took integrated bus trips through the segregated south
    Freedom Riders
  50. Refusing to do business with someone in order to affect their business practices
    Boycott
  51. having less access to the rights of a citizen than other people in or beyond your community
    Second Class Citizenship
  52. I am a famous writer best known for my work about my family’s history called “Roots.”
    Alex Haley
  53. Major voting rights drive in Mississippi during the summer of 1964
    Mississippi Freedom Summer
  54. She was the vice chair of Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.
    Fannie Lou Hamer
  55. I am the first African-American to hold the office of U.S. Secretary of State.
    Colin Powell
  56. She fought against the Lynching laws of the 1920s.
    Ida B Wells
  57. Allowed photos of her brutally murdered son to be broadcast to the world
    Mamie Till
  58. I am one of the greatest boxers of all time.
    Muhammad Ali
  59. He was an African American lawyer and a dean of Howard University Law school
    Charles H Houston
  60. Convicted for contributing to the delinquency of minors when she recruited teenagers for civil rights demonstrations
    Diane Nash
  61. He helped make MLK's birthday a national holiday with the assistance of special lyrics from his “Happy Birthday” song.
    Stevie Wonder
  62. I am one of the most famous Jazz singers of all time.
    Billie Holiday
  63. I organized the Tuskegee Institute, a leading African-Am. Educational institution in America.
    Booker T. Washington
  64. I invented a method of eye surgery that has helped many blind people to see.
    Dr. Patricia E. Bath
  65. I am a freed slave who traveled throughout the North preaching emancipation and women’s rights.
    Sojourner Truth
  66. Bridge to Freedom, fighting for voting rights in the deep south
    Selma March
  67. The act of freeing slaves from bondage
    Emancipation
  68. Founded the Organization of Afro-American Unity. I am a Muslim Minister and human rights activist who was assassinated for my efforts.
    Malcolm X
  69. Supreme court decision to integrate schools, invalidated "separate but equal"
    Brown v. Board of Education
  70. altering a way of doing things, usually to make conditions fair for all
    Systemic Change
  71. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, founded in 1909 by W.E.B DuBois
    NAACP
  72. I invented the gas mask and the first traffic signal.
    Garrett Morgan
  73. I am the first African American woman to hold the position of U.S. Secretary of State.
    Condoleezza Rice
  74. Born Sean Carter, this rapper, record producer, and business mogul is regarded as one of the most influential hip-hop artists of his generation
    Jay Z