FannieLouHamerShe was thevice chair ofMississippiFreedomDemocraticParty.March onWashingtonLargest peacefulcivil rightsdemonstration in1963 - featured Dr.King's "I Have aDream"Plessy v.Fergusonsupreme courtdecision that made"Separate butequal" the law inthe south (JimCrow)BenjaminO DavisSrThe firstAfricanAmericangeneral inthe U.S armyAbolitionTo stop a wayof doing things,especially thepractice ofslaveryAlexHaleyI am a famouswriter bestknown for mywork about myfamily’s historycalled “Roots.”MadamC.J.WalkerI become the firstAfrican Americanmillionaire for myinvention of haircare products.Dr.CharlesDrewI am creditedwithdevelopingblood banks.CharlesHHoustonHe was an AfricanAmerican lawyerand a dean ofHoward UniversityLaw schoolMedgarEversWorked for theNAACP. Waskilled whilehelping organizevoting rightsboycotts.ChicagoDefenderThis Chicago-basedAfrican-Amernewspaper wasfounded in 1905 andwas once consideredthe "most important"newspaper of itskind.EmancipationThe act offreeingslaves frombondageSecondClassCitizenshiphaving less accessto the rights of acitizen than otherpeople in orbeyond yourcommunityArethaFranklinThis Queen of Soulwas not only the firstAfrican Americanwoman inducted intothe Rock & Roll Hallof Fame, but the firstwoman, period.Gerald"Jerry"Lawsonone of the fathers ofmodern gaming, ledthe team thatdeveloped the firsthome video gamingsystem withinterchangeablecartridges.BoycottRefusing to dobusiness withsomeone inorder to affecttheir businesspracticesEdwardWBrookeHe was thefirst AfricanAmericanU.S. SenatorNAACPNationalAssociation for theAdvancement ofColored People,founded in 1909 byW.E.B DuBoisJesseJacksonI ran forPresident inthe 1980s. Iam a civilrights leader.FreedomRidersNorthern activistswho tookintegrated bustrips through thesegregated southSegregationA system ofseparationbased on race,religion, or otherunchosenfactorsMississippiFreedomSummerMajor votingrights drive inMississippiduring thesummer of1964B.B.KingI am a famousmusicianknown as“The King ofthe Blues.”MichaelJordanI have come to beone the greatestbasketball players ofall time. Led ChicagoBulls to 6 nationalchampionshipsAbrahamLincolnPresident whosignedEmancipationProclamation,which endedslavery in the U.S.Booker T.WashingtonI organized theTuskegee Institute,a leading African-Am. Educationalinstitution inAmerica.JamesMeredithFirst blackstudent at theUniversity ofMississippi (3-day riot over hisenrollment)CivilDisobediencechoosing todisobey laws orcustoms toshow that theyare unjustMartinLutherKing Jr.Led the SCLC,Marched for civilrights non-violentlydelivered the “Ihave a DreamSpeech.”CondoleezzaRiceI am the firstAfrican Americanwoman to hold theposition of U.S.Secretary of State.OprahWinfreyI am the first AfricanAmerican woman tolaunch my own TVNetwork. I am a talkshow host.John H.Johnsonwas an Americanbusinessman andpublisher, founder in1942 of the JohnsonPublishing publisherof Ebony and JetMagazines.BenjaminBannekerI am creditedwith helping todesign theblueprints forWashington,D.C.MalcolmXFounded theOrganization of Afro-American Unity. I ama Muslim Ministerand human rightsactivist who wasassassinated for myefforts.HBCUStands for"historicallyblack collegeor university"ColinPowellI am the firstAfrican-Americanto hold the office ofU.S. Secretary ofState.InstitutionalRacisma systemic way ofdoing things adoptedby businesses,government, or otherorganizations thatdenies people accessto basic rightsW.E.B.DuBoisHe was awriter ascholar andthe founder ofthe NAACPMae C.JemisonI am the firstAfrican-Americanwoman inspace.MamieTillAllowed photosof her brutallymurdered son tobe broadcast tothe worldSidneyPortierI am the firstAfrican-American towin an Oscarfor best actor.JohnBrownFoughtagainstslavery;abolitionistDehumanizationtreatingsomeone in away thatdenies theirhuman dignityIda BWellsShe foughtagainst theLynchinglaws of the1920s.SojournerTruthI am a freed slavewho traveledthroughout theNorth preachingemancipation andwomen’s rights.JayZBorn Sean Carter,this rapper, recordproducer, andbusiness mogul isregarded as one ofthe most influentialhip-hop artists of hisgenerationAsaPhilipRandolphOrganized theBrotherhood ofPullman Porters andnegotiated the firstlabor agreement by ablack union with amajor corporation.Sit-insNon-violent protestsin segregatedbusiness whereparticipants sat downand refused to moveuntil they wereservedMuhammadAliI am one ofthe greatestboxers of alltime.Huey P.NewtonCo-founder of theBlack PantherParty - organizedto fight policebrutality inOakland, CAHarrietTubmanI 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.BillieHolidayI am one ofthe mostfamous Jazzsingers of alltime.Dr.PatriciaE. BathI invented amethod of eyesurgery that hashelped manyblind people tosee.ThurgoodMarshallHe was the firstAfricanAmericanappointed to theU.S. SupremeCourtDianeNashConvicted forcontributing to thedelinquency ofminors when sherecruited teenagersfor civil rightsdemonstrationsJackieRobinsonI am the firstAfrican-Americanallowed to playmajor leaguebaseball.FrederickDouglasBorn a slave,escaped fromslavery andbecame anabolitionistleader.Brown v.Board ofEducationSupreme courtdecision tointegrate schools,invalidated"separate butequal"FrederickJonesI am an AfricanAmericaninventor whoinvented the airconditioner.RubyBridgesI was the firstAfricanAmerican childto attend an allwhite school inthe south.MarcusGarveyI encouragedBlackmigrationback toAfrica.GarrettMorganI inventedthe gasmask andthe firsttraffic signal.Non-violencechoosing apeacefulmeans ofachievingchangeLittleRockNineWe are the firstblack teenagers toattend the all-whiteCentral HighSchool in LittleRock, Arkansas.RosaParksArrested becauseshe would not giveup her seat to awhite person on abus one daySelmaMarchBridge toFreedom,fighting forvoting rights inthe deep southSystemicChangealtering a way ofdoing things,usually to makeconditions fairfor allVirginiaHamiltonI am one ofAmerica’s mosthonored writersof books forchildren.GeorgeWashingtonCarverI developedpeanutbutter and400 plantproducts!StevieWonderHe helped makeMLK's birthday anational holiday withthe assistance ofspecial lyrics from his“Happy Birthday”song.ShirleyChisholmI survived 3assassinationattempts duringmy campaign forthe 1972Presidentialelection.BlackPantherThis character,T-Challa, firstappeared inMarvel comics in1966.Dr.Carter G.WoodsonI launchedNegro HistoryWeek whichlater evolvedinto BlackHistory Month.FannieLouHamerShe was thevice chair ofMississippiFreedomDemocraticParty.March onWashingtonLargest peacefulcivil rightsdemonstration in1963 - featured Dr.King's "I Have aDream"Plessy v.Fergusonsupreme courtdecision that made"Separate butequal" the law inthe south (JimCrow)BenjaminO DavisSrThe firstAfricanAmericangeneral inthe U.S armyAbolitionTo stop a wayof doing things,especially thepractice ofslaveryAlexHaleyI am a famouswriter bestknown for mywork about myfamily’s historycalled “Roots.”MadamC.J.WalkerI become the firstAfrican Americanmillionaire for myinvention of haircare products.Dr.CharlesDrewI am creditedwithdevelopingblood banks.CharlesHHoustonHe was an AfricanAmerican lawyerand a dean ofHoward UniversityLaw schoolMedgarEversWorked for theNAACP. Waskilled whilehelping organizevoting rightsboycotts.ChicagoDefenderThis Chicago-basedAfrican-Amernewspaper wasfounded in 1905 andwas once consideredthe "most important"newspaper of itskind.EmancipationThe act offreeingslaves frombondageSecondClassCitizenshiphaving less accessto the rights of acitizen than otherpeople in orbeyond yourcommunityArethaFranklinThis Queen of Soulwas not only the firstAfrican Americanwoman inducted intothe Rock & Roll Hallof Fame, but the firstwoman, period.Gerald"Jerry"Lawsonone of the fathers ofmodern gaming, ledthe team thatdeveloped the firsthome video gamingsystem withinterchangeablecartridges.BoycottRefusing to dobusiness withsomeone inorder to affecttheir businesspracticesEdwardWBrookeHe was thefirst AfricanAmericanU.S. SenatorNAACPNationalAssociation for theAdvancement ofColored People,founded in 1909 byW.E.B DuBoisJesseJacksonI ran forPresident inthe 1980s. Iam a civilrights leader.FreedomRidersNorthern activistswho tookintegrated bustrips through thesegregated southSegregationA system ofseparationbased on race,religion, or otherunchosenfactorsMississippiFreedomSummerMajor votingrights drive inMississippiduring thesummer of1964B.B.KingI am a famousmusicianknown as“The King ofthe Blues.”MichaelJordanI have come to beone the greatestbasketball players ofall time. Led ChicagoBulls to 6 nationalchampionshipsAbrahamLincolnPresident whosignedEmancipationProclamation,which endedslavery in the U.S.Booker T.WashingtonI organized theTuskegee Institute,a leading African-Am. Educationalinstitution inAmerica.JamesMeredithFirst blackstudent at theUniversity ofMississippi (3-day riot over hisenrollment)CivilDisobediencechoosing todisobey laws orcustoms toshow that theyare unjustMartinLutherKing Jr.Led the SCLC,Marched for civilrights non-violentlydelivered the “Ihave a DreamSpeech.”CondoleezzaRiceI am the firstAfrican Americanwoman to hold theposition of U.S.Secretary of State.OprahWinfreyI am the first AfricanAmerican woman tolaunch my own TVNetwork. I am a talkshow host.John H.Johnsonwas an Americanbusinessman andpublisher, founder in1942 of the JohnsonPublishing publisherof Ebony and JetMagazines.BenjaminBannekerI am creditedwith helping todesign theblueprints forWashington,D.C.MalcolmXFounded theOrganization of Afro-American Unity. I ama Muslim Ministerand human rightsactivist who wasassassinated for myefforts.HBCUStands for"historicallyblack collegeor university"ColinPowellI am the firstAfrican-Americanto hold the office ofU.S. Secretary ofState.InstitutionalRacisma systemic way ofdoing things adoptedby businesses,government, or otherorganizations thatdenies people accessto basic rightsW.E.B.DuBoisHe was awriter ascholar andthe founder ofthe NAACPMae C.JemisonI am the firstAfrican-Americanwoman inspace.MamieTillAllowed photosof her brutallymurdered son tobe broadcast tothe worldSidneyPortierI am the firstAfrican-American towin an Oscarfor best actor.JohnBrownFoughtagainstslavery;abolitionistDehumanizationtreatingsomeone in away thatdenies theirhuman dignityIda BWellsShe foughtagainst theLynchinglaws of the1920s.SojournerTruthI am a freed slavewho traveledthroughout theNorth preachingemancipation andwomen’s rights.JayZBorn Sean Carter,this rapper, recordproducer, andbusiness mogul isregarded as one ofthe most influentialhip-hop artists of hisgenerationAsaPhilipRandolphOrganized theBrotherhood ofPullman Porters andnegotiated the firstlabor agreement by ablack union with amajor corporation.Sit-insNon-violent protestsin segregatedbusiness whereparticipants sat downand refused to moveuntil they wereservedMuhammadAliI am one ofthe greatestboxers of alltime.Huey P.NewtonCo-founder of theBlack PantherParty - organizedto fight policebrutality inOakland, CAHarrietTubmanI 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.BillieHolidayI am one ofthe mostfamous Jazzsingers of alltime.Dr.PatriciaE. BathI invented amethod of eyesurgery that hashelped manyblind people tosee.ThurgoodMarshallHe was the firstAfricanAmericanappointed to theU.S. SupremeCourtDianeNashConvicted forcontributing to thedelinquency ofminors when sherecruited teenagersfor civil rightsdemonstrationsJackieRobinsonI am the firstAfrican-Americanallowed to playmajor leaguebaseball.FrederickDouglasBorn a slave,escaped fromslavery andbecame anabolitionistleader.Brown v.Board ofEducationSupreme courtdecision tointegrate schools,invalidated"separate butequal"FrederickJonesI am an AfricanAmericaninventor whoinvented the airconditioner.RubyBridgesI was the firstAfricanAmerican childto attend an allwhite school inthe south.MarcusGarveyI encouragedBlackmigrationback toAfrica.GarrettMorganI inventedthe gasmask andthe firsttraffic signal.Non-violencechoosing apeacefulmeans ofachievingchangeLittleRockNineWe are the firstblack teenagers toattend the all-whiteCentral HighSchool in LittleRock, Arkansas.RosaParksArrested becauseshe would not giveup her seat to awhite person on abus one daySelmaMarchBridge toFreedom,fighting forvoting rights inthe deep southSystemicChangealtering a way ofdoing things,usually to makeconditions fairfor allVirginiaHamiltonI am one ofAmerica’s mosthonored writersof books forchildren.GeorgeWashingtonCarverI developedpeanutbutter and400 plantproducts!StevieWonderHe helped makeMLK's birthday anational holiday withthe assistance ofspecial lyrics from his“Happy Birthday”song.ShirleyChisholmI survived 3assassinationattempts duringmy campaign forthe 1972Presidentialelection.BlackPantherThis character,T-Challa, firstappeared inMarvel comics in1966.Dr.Carter G.WoodsonI launchedNegro HistoryWeek whichlater evolvedinto BlackHistory Month.

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