JohnBrownFoughtagainstslavery;abolitionistDr.Carter G.WoodsonI launchedNegro HistoryWeek whichlater evolvedinto BlackHistory Month.Plessy v.Fergusonsupreme courtdecision that made"Separate butequal" the law inthe south (JimCrow)RubyBridgesI was the firstAfricanAmerican childto attend an allwhite school inthe south.Gerald"Jerry"Lawsonone of the fathers ofmodern gaming, ledthe team thatdeveloped the firsthome video gamingsystem withinterchangeablecartridges.ChicagoDefenderThis Chicago-basedAfrican-Amernewspaper wasfounded in 1905 andwas once consideredthe "most important"newspaper of itskind.Sit-insNon-violent protestsin segregatedbusiness whereparticipants sat downand refused to moveuntil they wereservedBooker T.WashingtonI organized theTuskegee Institute,a leading African-Am. Educationalinstitution inAmerica.HBCUStands for"historicallyblack collegeor university"StevieWonderHe helped makeMLK's birthday anational holiday withthe assistance ofspecial lyrics from his“Happy Birthday”song.MedgarEversWorked for theNAACP. Waskilled whilehelping organizevoting rightsboycotts.OprahWinfreyI am the first AfricanAmerican woman tolaunch my own TVNetwork. I am a talkshow host.VirginiaHamiltonI am one ofAmerica’s mosthonored writersof books forchildren.B.B.KingI am a famousmusicianknown as“The King ofthe Blues.”Dr.PatriciaE. BathI invented amethod of eyesurgery that hashelped manyblind people tosee.Brown v.Board ofEducationSupreme courtdecision tointegrate schools,invalidated"separate butequal"ShirleyChisholmI survived 3assassinationattempts duringmy campaign forthe 1972Presidentialelection.AlexHaleyI am a famouswriter bestknown for mywork about myfamily’s historycalled “Roots.”John H.Johnsonwas an Americanbusinessman andpublisher, founder in1942 of the JohnsonPublishing publisherof Ebony and JetMagazines.SojournerTruthI am a freed slavewho traveledthroughout theNorth preachingemancipation andwomen’s rights.ColinPowellI am the firstAfrican-Americanto hold the office ofU.S. Secretary ofState.BenjaminBannekerI am creditedwith helping todesign theblueprints forWashington,D.C.BlackPantherThis character,T-Challa, firstappeared inMarvel comics in1966.AbolitionTo stop a wayof doing things,especially thepractice ofslaveryDehumanizationtreatingsomeone in away thatdenies theirhuman dignityArethaFranklinThis Queen of Soulwas not only the firstAfrican Americanwoman inducted intothe Rock & Roll Hallof Fame, but the firstwoman, period.CharlesHHoustonHe was an AfricanAmerican lawyerand a dean ofHoward UniversityLaw schoolIda BWellsShe foughtagainst theLynchinglaws of the1920s.BillieHolidayI am one ofthe mostfamous Jazzsingers of alltime.Huey P.NewtonCo-founder of theBlack PantherParty - organizedto fight policebrutality inOakland, CAMamieTillAllowed photosof her brutallymurdered son tobe broadcast tothe worldThurgoodMarshallHe was the firstAfricanAmericanappointed to theU.S. SupremeCourtMuhammadAliI am one ofthe greatestboxers of alltime.SecondClassCitizenshiphaving less accessto the rights of acitizen than otherpeople in orbeyond yourcommunityMichaelJordanI have come to beone the greatestbasketball players ofall time. Led ChicagoBulls to 6 nationalchampionshipsW.E.B.DuBoisHe was awriter ascholar andthe founder ofthe NAACPMartinLutherKing Jr.Led the SCLC,Marched for civilrights non-violentlydelivered the “Ihave a DreamSpeech.”MarcusGarveyI encouragedBlackmigrationback toAfrica.BenjaminO DavisSrThe firstAfricanAmericangeneral inthe U.S armySidneyPortierI am the firstAfrican-American towin an Oscarfor best actor.FreedomRidersNorthern activistswho tookintegrated bustrips through thesegregated southRosaParksArrested becauseshe would not giveup her seat to awhite person on abus one dayKobeBryantThis 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.EdwardWBrookeHe was thefirst AfricanAmericanU.S. SenatorJackieRobinsonI am the firstAfrican-Americanallowed to playmajor leaguebaseball.MississippiFreedomSummerMajor votingrights drive inMississippiduring thesummer of1964CondoleezzaRiceI am the firstAfrican Americanwoman to hold theposition of U.S.Secretary of State.AsaPhilipRandolphOrganized theBrotherhood ofPullman Porters andnegotiated the firstlabor agreement by ablack union with amajor corporation.GarrettMorganI inventedthe gasmask andthe firsttraffic signal.JesseJacksonI ran forPresident inthe 1980s. Iam a civilrights leader.JayZBorn Sean Carter,this rapper, recordproducer, andbusiness mogul isregarded as one ofthe most influentialhip-hop artists of hisgenerationFannieLouHamerShe was thevice chair ofMississippiFreedomDemocraticParty.JamesMeredithFirst blackstudent at theUniversity ofMississippi (3-day riot over hisenrollment)GeorgeWashingtonCarverI developedpeanutbutter and400 plantproducts!LittleRockNineWe are the firstblack teenagers toattend the all-whiteCentral HighSchool in LittleRock, Arkansas.HarrietTubmanI escaped slaveryand returned tolead others usingthe UndergroundRailroad.CivilDisobediencechoosing todisobey laws orcustoms toshow that theyare unjustDr.CharlesDrewI am creditedwithdevelopingblood banks.March onWashingtonLargest peacefulcivil rightsdemonstration in1963 - featured Dr.King's "I Have aDream"FrederickJonesI am an AfricanAmericaninventor whoinvented the airconditioner.MadamC.J.WalkerI become the firstAfrican Americanmillionaire for myinvention of haircare products.SegregationA system ofseparationbased on race,religion, or otherunchosenfactorsMalcolmXFounded theOrganization of Afro-American Unity. I ama Muslim Ministerand human rightsactivist who wasassassinated for myefforts.Mae C.JemisonI am the firstAfrican-Americanwoman inspace.Non-violencechoosing apeacefulmeans ofachievingchangeSystemicChangealtering a way ofdoing things,usually to makeconditions fairfor allInstitutionalRacisma systemic way ofdoing things adoptedby businesses,government, or otherorganizations thatdenies people accessto basic rightsAbrahamLincolnPresident whosignedEmancipationProclamation,which endedslavery in the U.S.EmancipationThe act offreeingslaves frombondageSelmaMarchBridge toFreedom,fighting forvoting rights inthe deep southFrederickDouglasBorn a slave,escaped fromslavery andbecame anabolitionistleader.DianeNashConvicted forcontributing to thedelinquency ofminors when sherecruited teenagersfor civil rightsdemonstrationsBoycottRefusing to dobusiness withsomeone inorder to affecttheir businesspracticesNAACPNationalAssociation for theAdvancement ofColored People,founded in 1909 byW.E.B DuBoisJohnBrownFoughtagainstslavery;abolitionistDr.Carter G.WoodsonI launchedNegro HistoryWeek whichlater evolvedinto BlackHistory Month.Plessy v.Fergusonsupreme courtdecision that made"Separate butequal" the law inthe south (JimCrow)RubyBridgesI was the firstAfricanAmerican childto attend an allwhite school inthe south.Gerald"Jerry"Lawsonone of the fathers ofmodern gaming, ledthe team thatdeveloped the firsthome video gamingsystem withinterchangeablecartridges.ChicagoDefenderThis Chicago-basedAfrican-Amernewspaper wasfounded in 1905 andwas once consideredthe "most important"newspaper of itskind.Sit-insNon-violent protestsin segregatedbusiness whereparticipants sat downand refused to moveuntil they wereservedBooker T.WashingtonI organized theTuskegee Institute,a leading African-Am. Educationalinstitution inAmerica.HBCUStands for"historicallyblack collegeor university"StevieWonderHe helped makeMLK's birthday anational holiday withthe assistance ofspecial lyrics from his“Happy Birthday”song.MedgarEversWorked for theNAACP. Waskilled whilehelping organizevoting rightsboycotts.OprahWinfreyI am the first AfricanAmerican woman tolaunch my own TVNetwork. I am a talkshow host.VirginiaHamiltonI am one ofAmerica’s mosthonored writersof books forchildren.B.B.KingI am a famousmusicianknown as“The King ofthe Blues.”Dr.PatriciaE. BathI invented amethod of eyesurgery that hashelped manyblind people tosee.Brown v.Board ofEducationSupreme courtdecision tointegrate schools,invalidated"separate butequal"ShirleyChisholmI survived 3assassinationattempts duringmy campaign forthe 1972Presidentialelection.AlexHaleyI am a famouswriter bestknown for mywork about myfamily’s historycalled “Roots.”John H.Johnsonwas an Americanbusinessman andpublisher, founder in1942 of the JohnsonPublishing publisherof Ebony and JetMagazines.SojournerTruthI am a freed slavewho traveledthroughout theNorth preachingemancipation andwomen’s rights.ColinPowellI am the firstAfrican-Americanto hold the office ofU.S. Secretary ofState.BenjaminBannekerI am creditedwith helping todesign theblueprints forWashington,D.C.BlackPantherThis character,T-Challa, firstappeared inMarvel comics in1966.AbolitionTo stop a wayof doing things,especially thepractice ofslaveryDehumanizationtreatingsomeone in away thatdenies theirhuman dignityArethaFranklinThis Queen of Soulwas not only the firstAfrican Americanwoman inducted intothe Rock & Roll Hallof Fame, but the firstwoman, period.CharlesHHoustonHe was an AfricanAmerican lawyerand a dean ofHoward UniversityLaw schoolIda BWellsShe foughtagainst theLynchinglaws of the1920s.BillieHolidayI am one ofthe mostfamous Jazzsingers of alltime.Huey P.NewtonCo-founder of theBlack PantherParty - organizedto fight policebrutality inOakland, CAMamieTillAllowed photosof her brutallymurdered son tobe broadcast tothe worldThurgoodMarshallHe was the firstAfricanAmericanappointed to theU.S. SupremeCourtMuhammadAliI am one ofthe greatestboxers of alltime.SecondClassCitizenshiphaving less accessto the rights of acitizen than otherpeople in orbeyond yourcommunityMichaelJordanI have come to beone the greatestbasketball players ofall time. Led ChicagoBulls to 6 nationalchampionshipsW.E.B.DuBoisHe was awriter ascholar andthe founder ofthe NAACPMartinLutherKing Jr.Led the SCLC,Marched for civilrights non-violentlydelivered the “Ihave a DreamSpeech.”MarcusGarveyI encouragedBlackmigrationback toAfrica.BenjaminO DavisSrThe firstAfricanAmericangeneral inthe U.S armySidneyPortierI am the firstAfrican-American towin an Oscarfor best actor.FreedomRidersNorthern activistswho tookintegrated bustrips through thesegregated southRosaParksArrested becauseshe would not giveup her seat to awhite person on abus one dayKobeBryantThis 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.EdwardWBrookeHe was thefirst AfricanAmericanU.S. SenatorJackieRobinsonI am the firstAfrican-Americanallowed to playmajor leaguebaseball.MississippiFreedomSummerMajor votingrights drive inMississippiduring thesummer of1964CondoleezzaRiceI am the firstAfrican Americanwoman to hold theposition of U.S.Secretary of State.AsaPhilipRandolphOrganized theBrotherhood ofPullman Porters andnegotiated the firstlabor agreement by ablack union with amajor corporation.GarrettMorganI inventedthe gasmask andthe firsttraffic signal.JesseJacksonI ran forPresident inthe 1980s. Iam a civilrights leader.JayZBorn Sean Carter,this rapper, recordproducer, andbusiness mogul isregarded as one ofthe most influentialhip-hop artists of hisgenerationFannieLouHamerShe was thevice chair ofMississippiFreedomDemocraticParty.JamesMeredithFirst blackstudent at theUniversity ofMississippi (3-day riot over hisenrollment)GeorgeWashingtonCarverI developedpeanutbutter and400 plantproducts!LittleRockNineWe are the firstblack teenagers toattend the all-whiteCentral HighSchool in LittleRock, Arkansas.HarrietTubmanI escaped slaveryand returned tolead others usingthe UndergroundRailroad.CivilDisobediencechoosing todisobey laws orcustoms toshow that theyare unjustDr.CharlesDrewI am creditedwithdevelopingblood banks.March onWashingtonLargest peacefulcivil rightsdemonstration in1963 - featured Dr.King's "I Have aDream"FrederickJonesI am an AfricanAmericaninventor whoinvented the airconditioner.MadamC.J.WalkerI become the firstAfrican Americanmillionaire for myinvention of haircare products.SegregationA system ofseparationbased on race,religion, or otherunchosenfactorsMalcolmXFounded theOrganization of Afro-American Unity. I ama Muslim Ministerand human rightsactivist who wasassassinated for myefforts.Mae C.JemisonI am the firstAfrican-Americanwoman inspace.Non-violencechoosing apeacefulmeans ofachievingchangeSystemicChangealtering a way ofdoing things,usually to makeconditions fairfor allInstitutionalRacisma systemic way ofdoing things adoptedby businesses,government, or otherorganizations thatdenies people accessto basic rightsAbrahamLincolnPresident whosignedEmancipationProclamation,which endedslavery in the U.S.EmancipationThe act offreeingslaves frombondageSelmaMarchBridge toFreedom,fighting forvoting rights inthe deep southFrederickDouglasBorn a slave,escaped fromslavery andbecame anabolitionistleader.DianeNashConvicted forcontributing to thedelinquency ofminors when sherecruited teenagersfor civil rightsdemonstrationsBoycottRefusing to dobusiness withsomeone inorder to affecttheir businesspracticesNAACPNationalAssociation for theAdvancement ofColored People,founded in 1909 byW.E.B DuBois

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