ColinPowellI am the firstAfrican-Americanto hold the office ofU.S. Secretary ofState.AbrahamLincolnPresident whosignedEmancipationProclamation,which endedslavery in the U.S.MamieTillAllowed photosof her brutallymurdered son tobe broadcast tothe worldEmancipationThe act offreeingslaves frombondageSecondClassCitizenshiphaving less accessto the rights of acitizen than otherpeople in orbeyond yourcommunitySystemicChangealtering a way ofdoing things,usually to makeconditions fairfor allBillieHolidayI am one ofthe mostfamous Jazzsingers of alltime.AsaPhilipRandolphOrganized theBrotherhood ofPullman Porters andnegotiated the firstlabor agreement by ablack union with amajor corporation.VirginiaHamiltonI am one ofAmerica’s mosthonored writersof books forchildren.Brown v.Board ofEducationSupreme courtdecision tointegrate schools,invalidated"separate butequal"MarcusGarveyI encouragedBlackmigrationback toAfrica.SelmaMarchBridge toFreedom,fighting forvoting rights inthe deep southBoycottRefusing to dobusiness withsomeone inorder to affecttheir businesspracticesCivilDisobediencechoosing todisobey laws orcustoms toshow that theyare unjustThurgoodMarshallHe was the firstAfricanAmericanappointed to theU.S. SupremeCourtGarrettMorganI inventedthe gasmask andthe firsttraffic signal.Sit-insNon-violent protestsin segregatedbusiness whereparticipants sat downand refused to moveuntil they wereservedJayZBorn Sean Carter,this rapper, recordproducer, andbusiness mogul isregarded as one ofthe most influentialhip-hop artists of hisgenerationSojournerTruthI am a freed slavewho traveledthroughout theNorth preachingemancipation andwomen’s rights.JackieRobinsonI am the firstAfrican-Americanallowed to playmajor leaguebaseball.Dehumanizationtreatingsomeone in away thatdenies theirhuman dignityBenjaminBannekerI am creditedwith helping todesign theblueprints forWashington,D.C.FreedomRidersNorthern activistswho tookintegrated bustrips through thesegregated southMedgarEversWorked for theNAACP. Waskilled whilehelping organizevoting rightsboycotts.W.E.B.DuBoisHe was awriter ascholar andthe founder ofthe NAACPHBCUStands for"historicallyblack collegeor university"NAACPNationalAssociation for theAdvancement ofColored People,founded in 1909 byW.E.B DuBoisBlackPantherThis character,T-Challa, firstappeared inMarvel comics in1966.JesseJacksonI ran forPresident inthe 1980s. Iam a civilrights leader.StevieWonderHe helped makeMLK's birthday anational holiday withthe assistance ofspecial lyrics from his“Happy Birthday”song.FannieLouHamerShe was thevice chair ofMississippiFreedomDemocraticParty.RubyBridgesI was the firstAfricanAmerican childto attend an allwhite school inthe south.MadamC.J.WalkerI become the firstAfrican Americanmillionaire for myinvention of haircare products.FrederickJonesI am an AfricanAmericaninventor whoinvented the airconditioner.Gerald"Jerry"Lawsonone of the fathers ofmodern gaming, ledthe team thatdeveloped the firsthome video gamingsystem withinterchangeablecartridges.OprahWinfreyI am the first AfricanAmerican woman tolaunch my own TVNetwork. I am a talkshow host.AlexHaleyI am a famouswriter bestknown for mywork about myfamily’s historycalled “Roots.”MuhammadAliI am one ofthe greatestboxers of alltime.MississippiFreedomSummerMajor votingrights drive inMississippiduring thesummer of1964AbolitionTo stop a wayof doing things,especially thepractice ofslaveryJohn H.Johnsonwas an Americanbusinessman andpublisher, founder in1942 of the JohnsonPublishing publisherof Ebony and JetMagazines.DianeNashConvicted forcontributing to thedelinquency ofminors when sherecruited teenagersfor civil rightsdemonstrationsMarch onWashingtonLargest peacefulcivil rightsdemonstration in1963 - featured Dr.King's "I Have aDream"ArethaFranklinThis Queen of Soulwas not only the firstAfrican Americanwoman inducted intothe Rock & Roll Hallof Fame, but the firstwoman, period.HarrietTubmanI escaped slaveryand returned tolead others usingthe UndergroundRailroad.GeorgeWashingtonCarverI developedpeanutbutter and400 plantproducts!CondoleezzaRiceI am the firstAfrican Americanwoman to hold theposition of U.S.Secretary of State.SidneyPortierI am the firstAfrican-American towin an Oscarfor best actor.SegregationA system ofseparationbased on race,religion, or otherunchosenfactorsRosaParksArrested becauseshe would not giveup her seat to awhite person on abus one dayB.B.KingI am a famousmusicianknown as“The King ofthe Blues.”FrederickDouglasBorn a slave,escaped fromslavery andbecame anabolitionistleader.CharlesHHoustonHe was an AfricanAmerican lawyerand a dean ofHoward UniversityLaw schoolNon-violencechoosing apeacefulmeans ofachievingchangeBenjaminO DavisSrThe firstAfricanAmericangeneral inthe U.S armyMartinLutherKing Jr.Led the SCLC,Marched for civilrights non-violentlydelivered the “Ihave a DreamSpeech.”JamesMeredithFirst blackstudent at theUniversity ofMississippi (3-day riot over hisenrollment)Dr.CharlesDrewI am creditedwithdevelopingblood banks.MalcolmXFounded theOrganization of Afro-American Unity. I ama Muslim Ministerand human rightsactivist who wasassassinated for myefforts.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.LittleRockNineWe are the firstblack teenagers toattend the all-whiteCentral HighSchool in LittleRock, Arkansas.Ida BWellsShe foughtagainst theLynchinglaws of the1920s.ShirleyChisholmI survived 3assassinationattempts duringmy campaign forthe 1972Presidentialelection.EdwardWBrookeHe was thefirst AfricanAmericanU.S. SenatorDr.PatriciaE. BathI invented amethod of eyesurgery that hashelped manyblind people tosee.Mae C.JemisonI am the firstAfrican-Americanwoman inspace.ChicagoDefenderThis Chicago-basedAfrican-Amernewspaper wasfounded in 1905 andwas once consideredthe "most important"newspaper of itskind.Dr.Carter G.WoodsonI launchedNegro HistoryWeek whichlater evolvedinto BlackHistory Month.Plessy v.Fergusonsupreme courtdecision that made"Separate butequal" the law inthe south (JimCrow)JohnBrownFoughtagainstslavery;abolitionistBooker T.WashingtonI organized theTuskegee Institute,a leading African-Am. Educationalinstitution inAmerica.MichaelJordanI have come to beone the greatestbasketball players ofall time. Led ChicagoBulls to 6 nationalchampionshipsInstitutionalRacisma systemic way ofdoing things adoptedby businesses,government, or otherorganizations thatdenies people accessto basic rightsHuey P.NewtonCo-founder of theBlack PantherParty - organizedto fight policebrutality inOakland, CAColinPowellI am the firstAfrican-Americanto hold the office ofU.S. Secretary ofState.AbrahamLincolnPresident whosignedEmancipationProclamation,which endedslavery in the U.S.MamieTillAllowed photosof her brutallymurdered son tobe broadcast tothe worldEmancipationThe act offreeingslaves frombondageSecondClassCitizenshiphaving less accessto the rights of acitizen than otherpeople in orbeyond yourcommunitySystemicChangealtering a way ofdoing things,usually to makeconditions fairfor allBillieHolidayI am one ofthe mostfamous Jazzsingers of alltime.AsaPhilipRandolphOrganized theBrotherhood ofPullman Porters andnegotiated the firstlabor agreement by ablack union with amajor corporation.VirginiaHamiltonI am one ofAmerica’s mosthonored writersof books forchildren.Brown v.Board ofEducationSupreme courtdecision tointegrate schools,invalidated"separate butequal"MarcusGarveyI encouragedBlackmigrationback toAfrica.SelmaMarchBridge toFreedom,fighting forvoting rights inthe deep southBoycottRefusing to dobusiness withsomeone inorder to affecttheir businesspracticesCivilDisobediencechoosing todisobey laws orcustoms toshow that theyare unjustThurgoodMarshallHe was the firstAfricanAmericanappointed to theU.S. SupremeCourtGarrettMorganI inventedthe gasmask andthe firsttraffic signal.Sit-insNon-violent protestsin segregatedbusiness whereparticipants sat downand refused to moveuntil they wereservedJayZBorn Sean Carter,this rapper, recordproducer, andbusiness mogul isregarded as one ofthe most influentialhip-hop artists of hisgenerationSojournerTruthI am a freed slavewho traveledthroughout theNorth preachingemancipation andwomen’s rights.JackieRobinsonI am the firstAfrican-Americanallowed to playmajor leaguebaseball.Dehumanizationtreatingsomeone in away thatdenies theirhuman dignityBenjaminBannekerI am creditedwith helping todesign theblueprints forWashington,D.C.FreedomRidersNorthern activistswho tookintegrated bustrips through thesegregated southMedgarEversWorked for theNAACP. Waskilled whilehelping organizevoting rightsboycotts.W.E.B.DuBoisHe was awriter ascholar andthe founder ofthe NAACPHBCUStands for"historicallyblack collegeor university"NAACPNationalAssociation for theAdvancement ofColored People,founded in 1909 byW.E.B DuBoisBlackPantherThis character,T-Challa, firstappeared inMarvel comics in1966.JesseJacksonI ran forPresident inthe 1980s. Iam a civilrights leader.StevieWonderHe helped makeMLK's birthday anational holiday withthe assistance ofspecial lyrics from his“Happy Birthday”song.FannieLouHamerShe was thevice chair ofMississippiFreedomDemocraticParty.RubyBridgesI was the firstAfricanAmerican childto attend an allwhite school inthe south.MadamC.J.WalkerI become the firstAfrican Americanmillionaire for myinvention of haircare products.FrederickJonesI am an AfricanAmericaninventor whoinvented the airconditioner.Gerald"Jerry"Lawsonone of the fathers ofmodern gaming, ledthe team thatdeveloped the firsthome video gamingsystem withinterchangeablecartridges.OprahWinfreyI am the first AfricanAmerican woman tolaunch my own TVNetwork. I am a talkshow host.AlexHaleyI am a famouswriter bestknown for mywork about myfamily’s historycalled “Roots.”MuhammadAliI am one ofthe greatestboxers of alltime.MississippiFreedomSummerMajor votingrights drive inMississippiduring thesummer of1964AbolitionTo stop a wayof doing things,especially thepractice ofslaveryJohn H.Johnsonwas an Americanbusinessman andpublisher, founder in1942 of the JohnsonPublishing publisherof Ebony and JetMagazines.DianeNashConvicted forcontributing to thedelinquency ofminors when sherecruited teenagersfor civil rightsdemonstrationsMarch onWashingtonLargest peacefulcivil rightsdemonstration in1963 - featured Dr.King's "I Have aDream"ArethaFranklinThis Queen of Soulwas not only the firstAfrican Americanwoman inducted intothe Rock & Roll Hallof Fame, but the firstwoman, period.HarrietTubmanI escaped slaveryand returned tolead others usingthe UndergroundRailroad.GeorgeWashingtonCarverI developedpeanutbutter and400 plantproducts!CondoleezzaRiceI am the firstAfrican Americanwoman to hold theposition of U.S.Secretary of State.SidneyPortierI am the firstAfrican-American towin an Oscarfor best actor.SegregationA system ofseparationbased on race,religion, or otherunchosenfactorsRosaParksArrested becauseshe would not giveup her seat to awhite person on abus one dayB.B.KingI am a famousmusicianknown as“The King ofthe Blues.”FrederickDouglasBorn a slave,escaped fromslavery andbecame anabolitionistleader.CharlesHHoustonHe was an AfricanAmerican lawyerand a dean ofHoward UniversityLaw schoolNon-violencechoosing apeacefulmeans ofachievingchangeBenjaminO DavisSrThe firstAfricanAmericangeneral inthe U.S armyMartinLutherKing Jr.Led the SCLC,Marched for civilrights non-violentlydelivered the “Ihave a DreamSpeech.”JamesMeredithFirst blackstudent at theUniversity ofMississippi (3-day riot over hisenrollment)Dr.CharlesDrewI am creditedwithdevelopingblood banks.MalcolmXFounded theOrganization of Afro-American Unity. I ama Muslim Ministerand human rightsactivist who wasassassinated for myefforts.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.LittleRockNineWe are the firstblack teenagers toattend the all-whiteCentral HighSchool in LittleRock, Arkansas.Ida BWellsShe foughtagainst theLynchinglaws of the1920s.ShirleyChisholmI survived 3assassinationattempts duringmy campaign forthe 1972Presidentialelection.EdwardWBrookeHe was thefirst AfricanAmericanU.S. SenatorDr.PatriciaE. BathI invented amethod of eyesurgery that hashelped manyblind people tosee.Mae C.JemisonI am the firstAfrican-Americanwoman inspace.ChicagoDefenderThis Chicago-basedAfrican-Amernewspaper wasfounded in 1905 andwas once consideredthe "most important"newspaper of itskind.Dr.Carter G.WoodsonI launchedNegro HistoryWeek whichlater evolvedinto BlackHistory Month.Plessy v.Fergusonsupreme courtdecision that made"Separate butequal" the law inthe south (JimCrow)JohnBrownFoughtagainstslavery;abolitionistBooker T.WashingtonI organized theTuskegee Institute,a leading African-Am. Educationalinstitution inAmerica.MichaelJordanI have come to beone the greatestbasketball players ofall time. Led ChicagoBulls to 6 nationalchampionshipsInstitutionalRacisma systemic way ofdoing things adoptedby businesses,government, or otherorganizations thatdenies people accessto basic rightsHuey P.NewtonCo-founder of theBlack PantherParty - organizedto fight policebrutality inOakland, CA

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