JackieRobinsonI am the firstAfrican-Americanallowed to playmajor leaguebaseball.Ida BWellsShe foughtagainst theLynchinglaws of the1920s.Dr.PatriciaE. BathI invented amethod of eyesurgery that hashelped manyblind people tosee.SegregationA system ofseparationbased on race,religion, or otherunchosenfactorsBooker T.WashingtonI organized theTuskegee Institute,a leading African-Am. Educationalinstitution inAmerica.CondoleezzaRiceI am the firstAfrican Americanwoman to hold theposition of U.S.Secretary of State.Sit-insNon-violent protestsin segregatedbusiness whereparticipants sat downand refused to moveuntil they wereservedFrederickDouglasBorn a slave,escaped fromslavery andbecame anabolitionistleader.B.B.KingI am a famousmusicianknown as“The King ofthe Blues.”HBCUStands for"historicallyblack collegeor university"GarrettMorganI inventedthe gasmask andthe firsttraffic signal.AbolitionTo stop a wayof doing things,especially thepractice ofslaverySecondClassCitizenshiphaving less accessto the rights of acitizen than otherpeople in orbeyond yourcommunityAlexHaleyI am a famouswriter bestknown for mywork about myfamily’s historycalled “Roots.”InstitutionalRacisma systemic way ofdoing things adoptedby businesses,government, or otherorganizations thatdenies people accessto basic rightsShirleyChisholmI survived 3assassinationattempts duringmy campaign forthe 1972Presidentialelection.CivilDisobediencechoosing todisobey laws orcustoms toshow that theyare unjustRubyBridgesI was the firstAfricanAmerican childto attend an allwhite school inthe south.MississippiFreedomSummerMajor votingrights drive inMississippiduring thesummer of1964Huey P.NewtonCo-founder of theBlack PantherParty - organizedto fight policebrutality inOakland, CADianeNashConvicted forcontributing to thedelinquency ofminors when sherecruited teenagersfor civil rightsdemonstrationsBrown v.Board ofEducationSupreme courtdecision tointegrate schools,invalidated"separate butequal"NAACPNationalAssociation for theAdvancement ofColored People,founded in 1909 byW.E.B DuBoisVirginiaHamiltonI am one ofAmerica’s mosthonored writersof books forchildren.OprahWinfreyI am the first AfricanAmerican woman tolaunch my own TVNetwork. I am a talkshow host.BoycottRefusing to dobusiness withsomeone inorder to affecttheir businesspracticesJamesMeredithFirst blackstudent at theUniversity ofMississippi (3-day riot over hisenrollment)BlackPantherThis character,T-Challa, firstappeared inMarvel comics in1966.SelmaMarchBridge toFreedom,fighting forvoting rights inthe deep southFrederickJonesI am an AfricanAmericaninventor whoinvented the airconditioner.SystemicChangealtering a way ofdoing things,usually to makeconditions fairfor allMarcusGarveyI encouragedBlackmigrationback toAfrica.Plessy v.Fergusonsupreme courtdecision that made"Separate butequal" the law inthe south (JimCrow)Mae C.JemisonI am the firstAfrican-Americanwoman inspace.HarrietTubmanI escaped slaveryand returned tolead others usingthe UndergroundRailroad.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.JohnBrownFoughtagainstslavery;abolitionistBenjaminO DavisSrThe firstAfricanAmericangeneral inthe U.S armyMichaelJordanI have come to beone the greatestbasketball players ofall time. Led ChicagoBulls to 6 nationalchampionshipsMamieTillAllowed photosof her brutallymurdered son tobe broadcast tothe worldBenjaminBannekerI am creditedwith helping todesign theblueprints forWashington,D.C.StevieWonderHe helped makeMLK's birthday anational holiday withthe assistance ofspecial lyrics from his“Happy Birthday”song.FannieLouHamerShe was thevice chair ofMississippiFreedomDemocraticParty.Gerald"Jerry"Lawsonone of the fathers ofmodern gaming, ledthe team thatdeveloped the firsthome video gamingsystem withinterchangeablecartridges.JayZBorn Sean Carter,this rapper, recordproducer, andbusiness mogul isregarded as one ofthe most influentialhip-hop artists of hisgenerationDr.Carter G.WoodsonI launchedNegro HistoryWeek whichlater evolvedinto BlackHistory Month.MadamC.J.WalkerI become the firstAfrican Americanmillionaire for myinvention of haircare products.CharlesHHoustonHe was an AfricanAmerican lawyerand a dean ofHoward UniversityLaw schoolW.E.B.DuBoisHe was awriter ascholar andthe founder ofthe NAACPEdwardWBrookeHe was thefirst AfricanAmericanU.S. SenatorThurgoodMarshallHe was the firstAfricanAmericanappointed to theU.S. SupremeCourtArethaFranklinThis Queen of Soulwas not only the firstAfrican Americanwoman inducted intothe Rock & Roll Hallof Fame, but the firstwoman, period.MedgarEversWorked for theNAACP. Waskilled whilehelping organizevoting rightsboycotts.Dr.CharlesDrewI am creditedwithdevelopingblood banks.AbrahamLincolnPresident whosignedEmancipationProclamation,which endedslavery in the U.S.ChicagoDefenderThis Chicago-basedAfrican-Amernewspaper wasfounded in 1905 andwas once consideredthe "most important"newspaper of itskind.BillieHolidayI am one ofthe mostfamous Jazzsingers of alltime.ColinPowellI am the firstAfrican-Americanto hold the office ofU.S. Secretary ofState.FreedomRidersNorthern activistswho tookintegrated bustrips through thesegregated southGeorgeWashingtonCarverI developedpeanutbutter and400 plantproducts!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 daySojournerTruthI am a freed slavewho traveledthroughout theNorth preachingemancipation andwomen’s rights.SidneyPortierI am the firstAfrican-American towin an Oscarfor best actor.AsaPhilipRandolphOrganized theBrotherhood ofPullman Porters andnegotiated the firstlabor agreement by ablack union with amajor corporation.Non-violencechoosing apeacefulmeans ofachievingchangeMalcolmXFounded theOrganization of Afro-American Unity. I ama Muslim Ministerand human rightsactivist who wasassassinated for myefforts.Dehumanizationtreatingsomeone in away thatdenies theirhuman dignityEmancipationThe act offreeingslaves frombondageMarch onWashingtonLargest peacefulcivil rightsdemonstration in1963 - featured Dr.King's "I Have aDream"JesseJacksonI ran forPresident inthe 1980s. Iam a civilrights leader.MuhammadAliI am one ofthe greatestboxers of alltime.MartinLutherKing Jr.Led the SCLC,Marched for civilrights non-violentlydelivered the “Ihave a DreamSpeech.”LittleRockNineWe are the firstblack teenagers toattend the all-whiteCentral HighSchool in LittleRock, Arkansas.JackieRobinsonI am the firstAfrican-Americanallowed to playmajor leaguebaseball.Ida BWellsShe foughtagainst theLynchinglaws of the1920s.Dr.PatriciaE. BathI invented amethod of eyesurgery that hashelped manyblind people tosee.SegregationA system ofseparationbased on race,religion, or otherunchosenfactorsBooker T.WashingtonI organized theTuskegee Institute,a leading African-Am. Educationalinstitution inAmerica.CondoleezzaRiceI am the firstAfrican Americanwoman to hold theposition of U.S.Secretary of State.Sit-insNon-violent protestsin segregatedbusiness whereparticipants sat downand refused to moveuntil they wereservedFrederickDouglasBorn a slave,escaped fromslavery andbecame anabolitionistleader.B.B.KingI am a famousmusicianknown as“The King ofthe Blues.”HBCUStands for"historicallyblack collegeor university"GarrettMorganI inventedthe gasmask andthe firsttraffic signal.AbolitionTo stop a wayof doing things,especially thepractice ofslaverySecondClassCitizenshiphaving less accessto the rights of acitizen than otherpeople in orbeyond yourcommunityAlexHaleyI am a famouswriter bestknown for mywork about myfamily’s historycalled “Roots.”InstitutionalRacisma systemic way ofdoing things adoptedby businesses,government, or otherorganizations thatdenies people accessto basic rightsShirleyChisholmI survived 3assassinationattempts duringmy campaign forthe 1972Presidentialelection.CivilDisobediencechoosing todisobey laws orcustoms toshow that theyare unjustRubyBridgesI was the firstAfricanAmerican childto attend an allwhite school inthe south.MississippiFreedomSummerMajor votingrights drive inMississippiduring thesummer of1964Huey P.NewtonCo-founder of theBlack PantherParty - organizedto fight policebrutality inOakland, CADianeNashConvicted forcontributing to thedelinquency ofminors when sherecruited teenagersfor civil rightsdemonstrationsBrown v.Board ofEducationSupreme courtdecision tointegrate schools,invalidated"separate butequal"NAACPNationalAssociation for theAdvancement ofColored People,founded in 1909 byW.E.B DuBoisVirginiaHamiltonI am one ofAmerica’s mosthonored writersof books forchildren.OprahWinfreyI am the first AfricanAmerican woman tolaunch my own TVNetwork. I am a talkshow host.BoycottRefusing to dobusiness withsomeone inorder to affecttheir businesspracticesJamesMeredithFirst blackstudent at theUniversity ofMississippi (3-day riot over hisenrollment)BlackPantherThis character,T-Challa, firstappeared inMarvel comics in1966.SelmaMarchBridge toFreedom,fighting forvoting rights inthe deep southFrederickJonesI am an AfricanAmericaninventor whoinvented the airconditioner.SystemicChangealtering a way ofdoing things,usually to makeconditions fairfor allMarcusGarveyI encouragedBlackmigrationback toAfrica.Plessy v.Fergusonsupreme courtdecision that made"Separate butequal" the law inthe south (JimCrow)Mae C.JemisonI am the firstAfrican-Americanwoman inspace.HarrietTubmanI escaped slaveryand returned tolead others usingthe UndergroundRailroad.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.JohnBrownFoughtagainstslavery;abolitionistBenjaminO DavisSrThe firstAfricanAmericangeneral inthe U.S armyMichaelJordanI have come to beone the greatestbasketball players ofall time. Led ChicagoBulls to 6 nationalchampionshipsMamieTillAllowed photosof her brutallymurdered son tobe broadcast tothe worldBenjaminBannekerI am creditedwith helping todesign theblueprints forWashington,D.C.StevieWonderHe helped makeMLK's birthday anational holiday withthe assistance ofspecial lyrics from his“Happy Birthday”song.FannieLouHamerShe was thevice chair ofMississippiFreedomDemocraticParty.Gerald"Jerry"Lawsonone of the fathers ofmodern gaming, ledthe team thatdeveloped the firsthome video gamingsystem withinterchangeablecartridges.JayZBorn Sean Carter,this rapper, recordproducer, andbusiness mogul isregarded as one ofthe most influentialhip-hop artists of hisgenerationDr.Carter G.WoodsonI launchedNegro HistoryWeek whichlater evolvedinto BlackHistory Month.MadamC.J.WalkerI become the firstAfrican Americanmillionaire for myinvention of haircare products.CharlesHHoustonHe was an AfricanAmerican lawyerand a dean ofHoward UniversityLaw schoolW.E.B.DuBoisHe was awriter ascholar andthe founder ofthe NAACPEdwardWBrookeHe was thefirst AfricanAmericanU.S. SenatorThurgoodMarshallHe was the firstAfricanAmericanappointed to theU.S. SupremeCourtArethaFranklinThis Queen of Soulwas not only the firstAfrican Americanwoman inducted intothe Rock & Roll Hallof Fame, but the firstwoman, period.MedgarEversWorked for theNAACP. Waskilled whilehelping organizevoting rightsboycotts.Dr.CharlesDrewI am creditedwithdevelopingblood banks.AbrahamLincolnPresident whosignedEmancipationProclamation,which endedslavery in the U.S.ChicagoDefenderThis Chicago-basedAfrican-Amernewspaper wasfounded in 1905 andwas once consideredthe "most important"newspaper of itskind.BillieHolidayI am one ofthe mostfamous Jazzsingers of alltime.ColinPowellI am the firstAfrican-Americanto hold the office ofU.S. Secretary ofState.FreedomRidersNorthern activistswho tookintegrated bustrips through thesegregated southGeorgeWashingtonCarverI developedpeanutbutter and400 plantproducts!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 daySojournerTruthI am a freed slavewho traveledthroughout theNorth preachingemancipation andwomen’s rights.SidneyPortierI am the firstAfrican-American towin an Oscarfor best actor.AsaPhilipRandolphOrganized theBrotherhood ofPullman Porters andnegotiated the firstlabor agreement by ablack union with amajor corporation.Non-violencechoosing apeacefulmeans ofachievingchangeMalcolmXFounded theOrganization of Afro-American Unity. I ama Muslim Ministerand human rightsactivist who wasassassinated for myefforts.Dehumanizationtreatingsomeone in away thatdenies theirhuman dignityEmancipationThe act offreeingslaves frombondageMarch onWashingtonLargest peacefulcivil rightsdemonstration in1963 - featured Dr.King's "I Have aDream"JesseJacksonI ran forPresident inthe 1980s. Iam a civilrights leader.MuhammadAliI am one ofthe greatestboxers of alltime.MartinLutherKing Jr.Led the SCLC,Marched for civilrights non-violentlydelivered the “Ihave a DreamSpeech.”LittleRockNineWe are the firstblack teenagers toattend the all-whiteCentral HighSchool in LittleRock, Arkansas.

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