AbrahamLincolnPresident whosignedEmancipationProclamation,which endedslavery in the U.S.BoycottRefusing to dobusiness withsomeone inorder to affecttheir businesspracticesCondoleezzaRiceI am the firstAfrican Americanwoman to hold theposition of U.S.Secretary of State.ShirleyChisholmI survived 3assassinationattempts duringmy campaign forthe 1972Presidentialelection.W.E.B.DuBoisHe was awriter ascholar andthe founder ofthe NAACPChicagoDefenderThis Chicago-basedAfrican-Amernewspaper wasfounded in 1905 andwas once consideredthe "most important"newspaper of itskind.John H.Johnsonwas an Americanbusinessman andpublisher, founder in1942 of the JohnsonPublishing publisherof Ebony and JetMagazines.RosaParksArrested becauseshe would not giveup her seat to awhite person on abus one dayAsaPhilipRandolphOrganized theBrotherhood ofPullman Porters andnegotiated the firstlabor agreement by ablack union with amajor corporation.Ida BWellsShe foughtagainst theLynchinglaws of the1920s.SecondClassCitizenshiphaving less accessto the rights of acitizen than otherpeople in orbeyond yourcommunityLittleRockNineWe are the firstblack teenagers toattend the all-whiteCentral HighSchool in LittleRock, Arkansas.DianeNashConvicted forcontributing to thedelinquency ofminors when sherecruited teenagersfor civil rightsdemonstrationsAlexHaleyI am a famouswriter bestknown for mywork about myfamily’s historycalled “Roots.”JohnBrownFoughtagainstslavery;abolitionistBooker T.WashingtonI organized theTuskegee Institute,a leading African-Am. Educationalinstitution inAmerica.ThurgoodMarshallHe was the firstAfricanAmericanappointed to theU.S. SupremeCourtEdwardWBrookeHe was thefirst AfricanAmericanU.S. SenatorNon-violencechoosing apeacefulmeans ofachievingchangeMichaelJordanI have come to beone the greatestbasketball players ofall time. Led ChicagoBulls to 6 nationalchampionshipsBenjaminBannekerI am creditedwith helping todesign theblueprints forWashington,D.C.NAACPNationalAssociation for theAdvancement ofColored People,founded in 1909 byW.E.B DuBoisJamesMeredithFirst blackstudent at theUniversity ofMississippi (3-day riot over hisenrollment)Sit-insNon-violent protestsin segregatedbusiness whereparticipants sat downand refused to moveuntil they wereservedMarch onWashingtonLargest peacefulcivil rightsdemonstration in1963 - featured Dr.King's "I Have aDream"Plessy v.Fergusonsupreme courtdecision that made"Separate butequal" the law inthe south (JimCrow)MarcusGarveyI encouragedBlackmigrationback toAfrica.JesseJacksonI ran forPresident inthe 1980s. Iam a civilrights leader.BenjaminO DavisSrThe firstAfricanAmericangeneral inthe U.S armyFreedomRidersNorthern activistswho tookintegrated bustrips through thesegregated southMartinLutherKing Jr.Led the SCLC,Marched for civilrights non-violentlydelivered the “Ihave a DreamSpeech.”GarrettMorganI inventedthe gasmask andthe firsttraffic signal.SystemicChangealtering a way ofdoing things,usually to makeconditions fairfor allSelmaMarchBridge toFreedom,fighting forvoting rights inthe deep southEmancipationThe act offreeingslaves frombondageArethaFranklinThis Queen of Soulwas not only the firstAfrican Americanwoman inducted intothe Rock & Roll Hallof Fame, but the firstwoman, period.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.OprahWinfreyI am the first AfricanAmerican woman tolaunch my own TVNetwork. I am a talkshow host.HarrietTubmanI escaped slaveryand returned tolead others usingthe UndergroundRailroad.InstitutionalRacisma systemic way ofdoing things adoptedby businesses,government, or otherorganizations thatdenies people accessto basic rightsStevieWonderHe helped makeMLK's birthday anational holiday withthe assistance ofspecial lyrics from his“Happy Birthday”song.Gerald"Jerry"Lawsonone of the fathers ofmodern gaming, ledthe team thatdeveloped the firsthome video gamingsystem withinterchangeablecartridges.Dr.Carter G.WoodsonI launchedNegro HistoryWeek whichlater evolvedinto BlackHistory Month.Huey P.NewtonCo-founder of theBlack PantherParty - organizedto fight policebrutality inOakland, CAGeorgeWashingtonCarverI developedpeanutbutter and400 plantproducts!SegregationA system ofseparationbased on race,religion, or otherunchosenfactorsMamieTillAllowed photosof her brutallymurdered son tobe broadcast tothe worldDr.PatriciaE. BathI invented amethod of eyesurgery that hashelped manyblind people tosee.Dehumanizationtreatingsomeone in away thatdenies theirhuman dignityColinPowellI am the firstAfrican-Americanto hold the office ofU.S. Secretary ofState.JackieRobinsonI am the firstAfrican-Americanallowed to playmajor leaguebaseball.BlackPantherThis character,T-Challa, firstappeared inMarvel comics in1966.BillieHolidayI am one ofthe mostfamous Jazzsingers of alltime.Brown v.Board ofEducationSupreme courtdecision tointegrate schools,invalidated"separate butequal"B.B.KingI am a famousmusicianknown as“The King ofthe Blues.”SojournerTruthI am a freed slavewho traveledthroughout theNorth preachingemancipation andwomen’s rights.CivilDisobediencechoosing todisobey laws orcustoms toshow that theyare unjustFannieLouHamerShe was thevice chair ofMississippiFreedomDemocraticParty.MalcolmXFounded theOrganization of Afro-American Unity. I ama Muslim Ministerand human rightsactivist who wasassassinated for myefforts.MississippiFreedomSummerMajor votingrights drive inMississippiduring thesummer of1964CharlesHHoustonHe was an AfricanAmerican lawyerand a dean ofHoward UniversityLaw schoolFrederickDouglasBorn a slave,escaped fromslavery andbecame anabolitionistleader.MuhammadAliI am one ofthe greatestboxers of alltime.FrederickJonesI am an AfricanAmericaninventor whoinvented the airconditioner.RubyBridgesI was the firstAfricanAmerican childto attend an allwhite school inthe south.Dr.CharlesDrewI am creditedwithdevelopingblood banks.MedgarEversWorked for theNAACP. Waskilled whilehelping organizevoting rightsboycotts.SidneyPortierI am the firstAfrican-American towin an Oscarfor best actor.Mae C.JemisonI am the firstAfrican-Americanwoman inspace.JayZBorn Sean Carter,this rapper, recordproducer, andbusiness mogul isregarded as one ofthe most influentialhip-hop artists of hisgenerationVirginiaHamiltonI am one ofAmerica’s mosthonored writersof books forchildren.HBCUStands for"historicallyblack collegeor university"AbolitionTo stop a wayof doing things,especially thepractice ofslaveryMadamC.J.WalkerI become the firstAfrican Americanmillionaire for myinvention of haircare products.AbrahamLincolnPresident whosignedEmancipationProclamation,which endedslavery in the U.S.BoycottRefusing to dobusiness withsomeone inorder to affecttheir businesspracticesCondoleezzaRiceI am the firstAfrican Americanwoman to hold theposition of U.S.Secretary of State.ShirleyChisholmI survived 3assassinationattempts duringmy campaign forthe 1972Presidentialelection.W.E.B.DuBoisHe was awriter ascholar andthe founder ofthe NAACPChicagoDefenderThis Chicago-basedAfrican-Amernewspaper wasfounded in 1905 andwas once consideredthe "most important"newspaper of itskind.John H.Johnsonwas an Americanbusinessman andpublisher, founder in1942 of the JohnsonPublishing publisherof Ebony and JetMagazines.RosaParksArrested becauseshe would not giveup her seat to awhite person on abus one dayAsaPhilipRandolphOrganized theBrotherhood ofPullman Porters andnegotiated the firstlabor agreement by ablack union with amajor corporation.Ida BWellsShe foughtagainst theLynchinglaws of the1920s.SecondClassCitizenshiphaving less accessto the rights of acitizen than otherpeople in orbeyond yourcommunityLittleRockNineWe are the firstblack teenagers toattend the all-whiteCentral HighSchool in LittleRock, Arkansas.DianeNashConvicted forcontributing to thedelinquency ofminors when sherecruited teenagersfor civil rightsdemonstrationsAlexHaleyI am a famouswriter bestknown for mywork about myfamily’s historycalled “Roots.”JohnBrownFoughtagainstslavery;abolitionistBooker T.WashingtonI organized theTuskegee Institute,a leading African-Am. Educationalinstitution inAmerica.ThurgoodMarshallHe was the firstAfricanAmericanappointed to theU.S. SupremeCourtEdwardWBrookeHe was thefirst AfricanAmericanU.S. SenatorNon-violencechoosing apeacefulmeans ofachievingchangeMichaelJordanI have come to beone the greatestbasketball players ofall time. Led ChicagoBulls to 6 nationalchampionshipsBenjaminBannekerI am creditedwith helping todesign theblueprints forWashington,D.C.NAACPNationalAssociation for theAdvancement ofColored People,founded in 1909 byW.E.B DuBoisJamesMeredithFirst blackstudent at theUniversity ofMississippi (3-day riot over hisenrollment)Sit-insNon-violent protestsin segregatedbusiness whereparticipants sat downand refused to moveuntil they wereservedMarch onWashingtonLargest peacefulcivil rightsdemonstration in1963 - featured Dr.King's "I Have aDream"Plessy v.Fergusonsupreme courtdecision that made"Separate butequal" the law inthe south (JimCrow)MarcusGarveyI encouragedBlackmigrationback toAfrica.JesseJacksonI ran forPresident inthe 1980s. Iam a civilrights leader.BenjaminO DavisSrThe firstAfricanAmericangeneral inthe U.S armyFreedomRidersNorthern activistswho tookintegrated bustrips through thesegregated southMartinLutherKing Jr.Led the SCLC,Marched for civilrights non-violentlydelivered the “Ihave a DreamSpeech.”GarrettMorganI inventedthe gasmask andthe firsttraffic signal.SystemicChangealtering a way ofdoing things,usually to makeconditions fairfor allSelmaMarchBridge toFreedom,fighting forvoting rights inthe deep southEmancipationThe act offreeingslaves frombondageArethaFranklinThis Queen of Soulwas not only the firstAfrican Americanwoman inducted intothe Rock & Roll Hallof Fame, but the firstwoman, period.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.OprahWinfreyI am the first AfricanAmerican woman tolaunch my own TVNetwork. I am a talkshow host.HarrietTubmanI escaped slaveryand returned tolead others usingthe UndergroundRailroad.InstitutionalRacisma systemic way ofdoing things adoptedby businesses,government, or otherorganizations thatdenies people accessto basic rightsStevieWonderHe helped makeMLK's birthday anational holiday withthe assistance ofspecial lyrics from his“Happy Birthday”song.Gerald"Jerry"Lawsonone of the fathers ofmodern gaming, ledthe team thatdeveloped the firsthome video gamingsystem withinterchangeablecartridges.Dr.Carter G.WoodsonI launchedNegro HistoryWeek whichlater evolvedinto BlackHistory Month.Huey P.NewtonCo-founder of theBlack PantherParty - organizedto fight policebrutality inOakland, CAGeorgeWashingtonCarverI developedpeanutbutter and400 plantproducts!SegregationA system ofseparationbased on race,religion, or otherunchosenfactorsMamieTillAllowed photosof her brutallymurdered son tobe broadcast tothe worldDr.PatriciaE. BathI invented amethod of eyesurgery that hashelped manyblind people tosee.Dehumanizationtreatingsomeone in away thatdenies theirhuman dignityColinPowellI am the firstAfrican-Americanto hold the office ofU.S. Secretary ofState.JackieRobinsonI am the firstAfrican-Americanallowed to playmajor leaguebaseball.BlackPantherThis character,T-Challa, firstappeared inMarvel comics in1966.BillieHolidayI am one ofthe mostfamous Jazzsingers of alltime.Brown v.Board ofEducationSupreme courtdecision tointegrate schools,invalidated"separate butequal"B.B.KingI am a famousmusicianknown as“The King ofthe Blues.”SojournerTruthI am a freed slavewho traveledthroughout theNorth preachingemancipation andwomen’s rights.CivilDisobediencechoosing todisobey laws orcustoms toshow that theyare unjustFannieLouHamerShe was thevice chair ofMississippiFreedomDemocraticParty.MalcolmXFounded theOrganization of Afro-American Unity. I ama Muslim Ministerand human rightsactivist who wasassassinated for myefforts.MississippiFreedomSummerMajor votingrights drive inMississippiduring thesummer of1964CharlesHHoustonHe was an AfricanAmerican lawyerand a dean ofHoward UniversityLaw schoolFrederickDouglasBorn a slave,escaped fromslavery andbecame anabolitionistleader.MuhammadAliI am one ofthe greatestboxers of alltime.FrederickJonesI am an AfricanAmericaninventor whoinvented the airconditioner.RubyBridgesI was the firstAfricanAmerican childto attend an allwhite school inthe south.Dr.CharlesDrewI am creditedwithdevelopingblood banks.MedgarEversWorked for theNAACP. Waskilled whilehelping organizevoting rightsboycotts.SidneyPortierI am the firstAfrican-American towin an Oscarfor best actor.Mae C.JemisonI am the firstAfrican-Americanwoman inspace.JayZBorn Sean Carter,this rapper, recordproducer, andbusiness mogul isregarded as one ofthe most influentialhip-hop artists of hisgenerationVirginiaHamiltonI am one ofAmerica’s mosthonored writersof books forchildren.HBCUStands for"historicallyblack collegeor university"AbolitionTo stop a wayof doing things,especially thepractice ofslaveryMadamC.J.WalkerI become the firstAfrican Americanmillionaire for myinvention of haircare products.

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