NAACPNationalAssociation for theAdvancement ofColored People,founded in 1909 byW.E.B DuBoisIda BWellsShe foughtagainst theLynchinglaws of the1920s.AbolitionTo stop a wayof doing things,especially thepractice ofslaveryMamieTillAllowed photosof her brutallymurdered son tobe broadcast tothe worldFrederickJonesI am an AfricanAmericaninventor whoinvented the airconditioner.LittleRockNineWe are the firstblack teenagers toattend the all-whiteCentral HighSchool in LittleRock, Arkansas.JayZBorn Sean Carter,this rapper, recordproducer, andbusiness mogul isregarded as one ofthe most influentialhip-hop artists of hisgenerationBenjaminBannekerI am creditedwith helping todesign theblueprints forWashington,D.C.AsaPhilipRandolphOrganized theBrotherhood ofPullman Porters andnegotiated the firstlabor agreement by ablack union with amajor corporation.FreedomRidersNorthern activistswho tookintegrated bustrips through thesegregated southJesseJacksonI ran forPresident inthe 1980s. Iam a civilrights leader.MichaelJordanI have come to beone the greatestbasketball players ofall time. Led ChicagoBulls to 6 nationalchampionshipsChicagoDefenderThis Chicago-basedAfrican-Amernewspaper wasfounded in 1905 andwas once consideredthe "most important"newspaper of itskind.SojournerTruthI am a freed slavewho traveledthroughout theNorth preachingemancipation andwomen’s rights.Huey P.NewtonCo-founder of theBlack PantherParty - organizedto fight policebrutality inOakland, CARosaParksArrested becauseshe would not giveup her seat to awhite person on abus one dayInstitutionalRacisma systemic way ofdoing things adoptedby businesses,government, or otherorganizations thatdenies people accessto basic rightsPlessy v.Fergusonsupreme courtdecision that made"Separate butequal" the law inthe south (JimCrow)SystemicChangealtering a way ofdoing things,usually to makeconditions fairfor allHarrietTubmanI escaped slaveryand returned tolead others usingthe UndergroundRailroad.CondoleezzaRiceI am the firstAfrican Americanwoman to hold theposition of U.S.Secretary of State.RubyBridgesI was the firstAfricanAmerican childto attend an allwhite school inthe south.ThurgoodMarshallHe was the firstAfricanAmericanappointed to theU.S. SupremeCourtColinPowellI am the firstAfrican-Americanto hold the office ofU.S. Secretary ofState.BoycottRefusing to dobusiness withsomeone inorder to affecttheir businesspracticesW.E.B.DuBoisHe was awriter ascholar andthe founder ofthe NAACPSecondClassCitizenshiphaving less accessto the rights of acitizen than otherpeople in orbeyond yourcommunityAlexHaleyI am a famouswriter bestknown for mywork about myfamily’s historycalled “Roots.”ShirleyChisholmI survived 3assassinationattempts duringmy campaign forthe 1972Presidentialelection.FrederickDouglasBorn a slave,escaped fromslavery andbecame anabolitionistleader.John H.Johnsonwas an Americanbusinessman andpublisher, founder in1942 of the JohnsonPublishing publisherof Ebony and JetMagazines.MartinLutherKing Jr.Led the SCLC,Marched for civilrights non-violentlydelivered the “Ihave a DreamSpeech.”Dr.Carter G.WoodsonI launchedNegro HistoryWeek whichlater evolvedinto BlackHistory Month.GarrettMorganI inventedthe gasmask andthe firsttraffic signal.SidneyPortierI am the firstAfrican-American towin an Oscarfor best actor.ArethaFranklinThis Queen of Soulwas not only the firstAfrican Americanwoman inducted intothe Rock & Roll Hallof Fame, but the firstwoman, period.Mae C.JemisonI am the firstAfrican-Americanwoman inspace.MississippiFreedomSummerMajor votingrights drive inMississippiduring thesummer of1964MarcusGarveyI encouragedBlackmigrationback toAfrica.Dr.CharlesDrewI am creditedwithdevelopingblood banks.Gerald"Jerry"Lawsonone of the fathers ofmodern gaming, ledthe team thatdeveloped the firsthome video gamingsystem withinterchangeablecartridges.MedgarEversWorked for theNAACP. Waskilled whilehelping organizevoting rightsboycotts.BlackPantherThis character,T-Challa, firstappeared inMarvel comics in1966.Dr.PatriciaE. BathI invented amethod of eyesurgery that hashelped manyblind people tosee.CharlesHHoustonHe was an AfricanAmerican lawyerand a dean ofHoward UniversityLaw schoolStevieWonderHe helped makeMLK's birthday anational holiday withthe assistance ofspecial lyrics from his“Happy Birthday”song.EdwardWBrookeHe was thefirst AfricanAmericanU.S. SenatorHBCUStands for"historicallyblack collegeor university"SegregationA system ofseparationbased on race,religion, or otherunchosenfactorsBillieHolidayI am one ofthe mostfamous Jazzsingers of alltime.CivilDisobediencechoosing todisobey laws orcustoms toshow that theyare unjustOprahWinfreyI am the first AfricanAmerican woman tolaunch my own TVNetwork. I am a talkshow host.Dehumanizationtreatingsomeone in away thatdenies theirhuman dignityMadamC.J.WalkerI become the firstAfrican Americanmillionaire for myinvention of haircare products.AbrahamLincolnPresident whosignedEmancipationProclamation,which endedslavery in the U.S.Brown v.Board ofEducationSupreme courtdecision tointegrate schools,invalidated"separate butequal"Sit-insNon-violent protestsin segregatedbusiness whereparticipants sat downand refused to moveuntil they wereservedKobeBryantThis 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.VirginiaHamiltonI am one ofAmerica’s mosthonored writersof books forchildren.BenjaminO DavisSrThe firstAfricanAmericangeneral inthe U.S armyFannieLouHamerShe was thevice chair ofMississippiFreedomDemocraticParty.Non-violencechoosing apeacefulmeans ofachievingchangeGeorgeWashingtonCarverI developedpeanutbutter and400 plantproducts!March onWashingtonLargest peacefulcivil rightsdemonstration in1963 - featured Dr.King's "I Have aDream"B.B.KingI am a famousmusicianknown as“The King ofthe Blues.”JamesMeredithFirst blackstudent at theUniversity ofMississippi (3-day riot over hisenrollment)EmancipationThe act offreeingslaves frombondageMuhammadAliI am one ofthe greatestboxers of alltime.JohnBrownFoughtagainstslavery;abolitionistSelmaMarchBridge toFreedom,fighting forvoting rights inthe deep southBooker T.WashingtonI organized theTuskegee Institute,a leading African-Am. Educationalinstitution inAmerica.DianeNashConvicted forcontributing to thedelinquency ofminors when sherecruited teenagersfor civil rightsdemonstrationsJackieRobinsonI am the firstAfrican-Americanallowed to playmajor leaguebaseball.MalcolmXFounded theOrganization of Afro-American Unity. I ama Muslim Ministerand human rightsactivist who wasassassinated for myefforts.NAACPNationalAssociation for theAdvancement ofColored People,founded in 1909 byW.E.B DuBoisIda BWellsShe foughtagainst theLynchinglaws of the1920s.AbolitionTo stop a wayof doing things,especially thepractice ofslaveryMamieTillAllowed photosof her brutallymurdered son tobe broadcast tothe worldFrederickJonesI am an AfricanAmericaninventor whoinvented the airconditioner.LittleRockNineWe are the firstblack teenagers toattend the all-whiteCentral HighSchool in LittleRock, Arkansas.JayZBorn Sean Carter,this rapper, recordproducer, andbusiness mogul isregarded as one ofthe most influentialhip-hop artists of hisgenerationBenjaminBannekerI am creditedwith helping todesign theblueprints forWashington,D.C.AsaPhilipRandolphOrganized theBrotherhood ofPullman Porters andnegotiated the firstlabor agreement by ablack union with amajor corporation.FreedomRidersNorthern activistswho tookintegrated bustrips through thesegregated southJesseJacksonI ran forPresident inthe 1980s. Iam a civilrights leader.MichaelJordanI have come to beone the greatestbasketball players ofall time. Led ChicagoBulls to 6 nationalchampionshipsChicagoDefenderThis Chicago-basedAfrican-Amernewspaper wasfounded in 1905 andwas once consideredthe "most important"newspaper of itskind.SojournerTruthI am a freed slavewho traveledthroughout theNorth preachingemancipation andwomen’s rights.Huey P.NewtonCo-founder of theBlack PantherParty - organizedto fight policebrutality inOakland, CARosaParksArrested becauseshe would not giveup her seat to awhite person on abus one dayInstitutionalRacisma systemic way ofdoing things adoptedby businesses,government, or otherorganizations thatdenies people accessto basic rightsPlessy v.Fergusonsupreme courtdecision that made"Separate butequal" the law inthe south (JimCrow)SystemicChangealtering a way ofdoing things,usually to makeconditions fairfor allHarrietTubmanI escaped slaveryand returned tolead others usingthe UndergroundRailroad.CondoleezzaRiceI am the firstAfrican Americanwoman to hold theposition of U.S.Secretary of State.RubyBridgesI was the firstAfricanAmerican childto attend an allwhite school inthe south.ThurgoodMarshallHe was the firstAfricanAmericanappointed to theU.S. SupremeCourtColinPowellI am the firstAfrican-Americanto hold the office ofU.S. Secretary ofState.BoycottRefusing to dobusiness withsomeone inorder to affecttheir businesspracticesW.E.B.DuBoisHe was awriter ascholar andthe founder ofthe NAACPSecondClassCitizenshiphaving less accessto the rights of acitizen than otherpeople in orbeyond yourcommunityAlexHaleyI am a famouswriter bestknown for mywork about myfamily’s historycalled “Roots.”ShirleyChisholmI survived 3assassinationattempts duringmy campaign forthe 1972Presidentialelection.FrederickDouglasBorn a slave,escaped fromslavery andbecame anabolitionistleader.John H.Johnsonwas an Americanbusinessman andpublisher, founder in1942 of the JohnsonPublishing publisherof Ebony and JetMagazines.MartinLutherKing Jr.Led the SCLC,Marched for civilrights non-violentlydelivered the “Ihave a DreamSpeech.”Dr.Carter G.WoodsonI launchedNegro HistoryWeek whichlater evolvedinto BlackHistory Month.GarrettMorganI inventedthe gasmask andthe firsttraffic signal.SidneyPortierI am the firstAfrican-American towin an Oscarfor best actor.ArethaFranklinThis Queen of Soulwas not only the firstAfrican Americanwoman inducted intothe Rock & Roll Hallof Fame, but the firstwoman, period.Mae C.JemisonI am the firstAfrican-Americanwoman inspace.MississippiFreedomSummerMajor votingrights drive inMississippiduring thesummer of1964MarcusGarveyI encouragedBlackmigrationback toAfrica.Dr.CharlesDrewI am creditedwithdevelopingblood banks.Gerald"Jerry"Lawsonone of the fathers ofmodern gaming, ledthe team thatdeveloped the firsthome video gamingsystem withinterchangeablecartridges.MedgarEversWorked for theNAACP. Waskilled whilehelping organizevoting rightsboycotts.BlackPantherThis character,T-Challa, firstappeared inMarvel comics in1966.Dr.PatriciaE. BathI invented amethod of eyesurgery that hashelped manyblind people tosee.CharlesHHoustonHe was an AfricanAmerican lawyerand a dean ofHoward UniversityLaw schoolStevieWonderHe helped makeMLK's birthday anational holiday withthe assistance ofspecial lyrics from his“Happy Birthday”song.EdwardWBrookeHe was thefirst AfricanAmericanU.S. SenatorHBCUStands for"historicallyblack collegeor university"SegregationA system ofseparationbased on race,religion, or otherunchosenfactorsBillieHolidayI am one ofthe mostfamous Jazzsingers of alltime.CivilDisobediencechoosing todisobey laws orcustoms toshow that theyare unjustOprahWinfreyI am the first AfricanAmerican woman tolaunch my own TVNetwork. I am a talkshow host.Dehumanizationtreatingsomeone in away thatdenies theirhuman dignityMadamC.J.WalkerI become the firstAfrican Americanmillionaire for myinvention of haircare products.AbrahamLincolnPresident whosignedEmancipationProclamation,which endedslavery in the U.S.Brown v.Board ofEducationSupreme courtdecision tointegrate schools,invalidated"separate butequal"Sit-insNon-violent protestsin segregatedbusiness whereparticipants sat downand refused to moveuntil they wereservedKobeBryantThis 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.VirginiaHamiltonI am one ofAmerica’s mosthonored writersof books forchildren.BenjaminO DavisSrThe firstAfricanAmericangeneral inthe U.S armyFannieLouHamerShe was thevice chair ofMississippiFreedomDemocraticParty.Non-violencechoosing apeacefulmeans ofachievingchangeGeorgeWashingtonCarverI developedpeanutbutter and400 plantproducts!March onWashingtonLargest peacefulcivil rightsdemonstration in1963 - featured Dr.King's "I Have aDream"B.B.KingI am a famousmusicianknown as“The King ofthe Blues.”JamesMeredithFirst blackstudent at theUniversity ofMississippi (3-day riot over hisenrollment)EmancipationThe act offreeingslaves frombondageMuhammadAliI am one ofthe greatestboxers of alltime.JohnBrownFoughtagainstslavery;abolitionistSelmaMarchBridge toFreedom,fighting forvoting rights inthe deep southBooker T.WashingtonI organized theTuskegee Institute,a leading African-Am. Educationalinstitution inAmerica.DianeNashConvicted forcontributing to thedelinquency ofminors when sherecruited teenagersfor civil rightsdemonstrationsJackieRobinsonI am the firstAfrican-Americanallowed to playmajor leaguebaseball.MalcolmXFounded theOrganization of Afro-American Unity. I ama Muslim Ministerand human rightsactivist who wasassassinated for myefforts.

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