Huey P.NewtonCo-founder of theBlack PantherParty - organizedto fight policebrutality inOakland, CAOprahWinfreyI am the first AfricanAmerican woman tolaunch my own TVNetwork. I am a talkshow host.BlackPantherThis character,T-Challa, firstappeared inMarvel comics in1966.MississippiFreedomSummerMajor votingrights drive inMississippiduring thesummer of1964RosaParksArrested becauseshe would not giveup her seat to awhite person on abus one daySegregationA system ofseparationbased on race,religion, or otherunchosenfactorsColinPowellI am the firstAfrican-Americanto hold the office ofU.S. Secretary ofState.MarcusGarveyI encouragedBlackmigrationback toAfrica.AbrahamLincolnPresident whosignedEmancipationProclamation,which endedslavery in the U.S.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.MalcolmXFounded theOrganization of Afro-American Unity. I ama Muslim Ministerand human rightsactivist who wasassassinated for myefforts.JesseJacksonI ran forPresident inthe 1980s. Iam a civilrights leader.B.B.KingI am a famousmusicianknown as“The King ofthe Blues.”Dr.Carter G.WoodsonI launchedNegro HistoryWeek whichlater evolvedinto BlackHistory Month.MartinLutherKing Jr.Led the SCLC,Marched for civilrights non-violentlydelivered the “Ihave a DreamSpeech.”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.Plessy v.Fergusonsupreme courtdecision that made"Separate butequal" the law inthe south (JimCrow)JamesMeredithFirst blackstudent at theUniversity ofMississippi (3-day riot over hisenrollment)DianeNashConvicted forcontributing to thedelinquency ofminors when sherecruited teenagersfor civil rightsdemonstrationsThurgoodMarshallHe was the firstAfricanAmericanappointed to theU.S. SupremeCourtChicagoDefenderThis Chicago-basedAfrican-Amernewspaper wasfounded in 1905 andwas once consideredthe "most important"newspaper of itskind.Dr.CharlesDrewI am creditedwithdevelopingblood banks.SelmaMarchBridge toFreedom,fighting forvoting rights inthe deep southGerald"Jerry"Lawsonone of the fathers ofmodern gaming, ledthe team thatdeveloped the firsthome video gamingsystem withinterchangeablecartridges.CivilDisobediencechoosing todisobey laws orcustoms toshow that theyare unjustNon-violencechoosing apeacefulmeans ofachievingchangeEdwardWBrookeHe was thefirst AfricanAmericanU.S. SenatorBoycottRefusing to dobusiness withsomeone inorder to affecttheir businesspracticesStevieWonderHe helped makeMLK's birthday anational holiday withthe assistance ofspecial lyrics from his“Happy Birthday”song.JohnBrownFoughtagainstslavery;abolitionistAsaPhilipRandolphOrganized theBrotherhood ofPullman Porters andnegotiated the firstlabor agreement by ablack union with amajor corporation.BenjaminO DavisSrThe firstAfricanAmericangeneral inthe U.S armyAlexHaleyI am a famouswriter bestknown for mywork about myfamily’s historycalled “Roots.”MamieTillAllowed photosof her brutallymurdered son tobe broadcast tothe worldVirginiaHamiltonI am one ofAmerica’s mosthonored writersof books forchildren.CharlesHHoustonHe was an AfricanAmerican lawyerand a dean ofHoward UniversityLaw schoolNAACPNationalAssociation for theAdvancement ofColored People,founded in 1909 byW.E.B DuBoisFannieLouHamerShe was thevice chair ofMississippiFreedomDemocraticParty.FrederickDouglasBorn a slave,escaped fromslavery andbecame anabolitionistleader.Booker T.WashingtonI organized theTuskegee Institute,a leading African-Am. Educationalinstitution inAmerica.BillieHolidayI am one ofthe mostfamous Jazzsingers of alltime.FrederickJonesI am an AfricanAmericaninventor whoinvented the airconditioner.Mae C.JemisonI am the firstAfrican-Americanwoman inspace.GarrettMorganI inventedthe gasmask andthe firsttraffic signal.MedgarEversWorked for theNAACP. Waskilled whilehelping organizevoting rightsboycotts.Sit-insNon-violent protestsin segregatedbusiness whereparticipants sat downand refused to moveuntil they wereservedDehumanizationtreatingsomeone in away thatdenies theirhuman dignityAbolitionTo stop a wayof doing things,especially thepractice ofslaveryDr.PatriciaE. BathI invented amethod of eyesurgery that hashelped manyblind people tosee.W.E.B.DuBoisHe was awriter ascholar andthe founder ofthe NAACPJohn H.Johnsonwas an Americanbusinessman andpublisher, founder in1942 of the JohnsonPublishing publisherof Ebony and JetMagazines.March onWashingtonLargest peacefulcivil rightsdemonstration in1963 - featured Dr.King's "I Have aDream"Brown v.Board ofEducationSupreme courtdecision tointegrate schools,invalidated"separate butequal"HBCUStands for"historicallyblack collegeor university"Ida BWellsShe foughtagainst theLynchinglaws of the1920s.JackieRobinsonI am the firstAfrican-Americanallowed to playmajor leaguebaseball.RubyBridgesI was the firstAfricanAmerican childto attend an allwhite school inthe south.SecondClassCitizenshiphaving less accessto the rights of acitizen than otherpeople in orbeyond yourcommunitySidneyPortierI am the firstAfrican-American towin an Oscarfor best actor.MuhammadAliI am one ofthe greatestboxers of alltime.BenjaminBannekerI am creditedwith helping todesign theblueprints forWashington,D.C.FreedomRidersNorthern activistswho tookintegrated bustrips through thesegregated southMichaelJordanI have come to beone the greatestbasketball players ofall time. Led ChicagoBulls to 6 nationalchampionshipsJayZBorn Sean Carter,this rapper, recordproducer, andbusiness mogul isregarded as one ofthe most influentialhip-hop artists of hisgenerationGeorgeWashingtonCarverI developedpeanutbutter and400 plantproducts!EmancipationThe act offreeingslaves frombondageSystemicChangealtering a way ofdoing things,usually to makeconditions fairfor allCondoleezzaRiceI am the firstAfrican Americanwoman to hold theposition of U.S.Secretary of State.SojournerTruthI am a freed slavewho traveledthroughout theNorth preachingemancipation andwomen’s rights.MadamC.J.WalkerI become the firstAfrican Americanmillionaire for myinvention of haircare products.InstitutionalRacisma systemic way ofdoing things adoptedby businesses,government, or otherorganizations thatdenies people accessto basic rightsShirleyChisholmI survived 3assassinationattempts duringmy campaign forthe 1972Presidentialelection.LittleRockNineWe are the firstblack teenagers toattend the all-whiteCentral HighSchool in LittleRock, Arkansas.Huey P.NewtonCo-founder of theBlack PantherParty - organizedto fight policebrutality inOakland, CAOprahWinfreyI am the first AfricanAmerican woman tolaunch my own TVNetwork. I am a talkshow host.BlackPantherThis character,T-Challa, firstappeared inMarvel comics in1966.MississippiFreedomSummerMajor votingrights drive inMississippiduring thesummer of1964RosaParksArrested becauseshe would not giveup her seat to awhite person on abus one daySegregationA system ofseparationbased on race,religion, or otherunchosenfactorsColinPowellI am the firstAfrican-Americanto hold the office ofU.S. Secretary ofState.MarcusGarveyI encouragedBlackmigrationback toAfrica.AbrahamLincolnPresident whosignedEmancipationProclamation,which endedslavery in the U.S.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.MalcolmXFounded theOrganization of Afro-American Unity. I ama Muslim Ministerand human rightsactivist who wasassassinated for myefforts.JesseJacksonI ran forPresident inthe 1980s. Iam a civilrights leader.B.B.KingI am a famousmusicianknown as“The King ofthe Blues.”Dr.Carter G.WoodsonI launchedNegro HistoryWeek whichlater evolvedinto BlackHistory Month.MartinLutherKing Jr.Led the SCLC,Marched for civilrights non-violentlydelivered the “Ihave a DreamSpeech.”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.Plessy v.Fergusonsupreme courtdecision that made"Separate butequal" the law inthe south (JimCrow)JamesMeredithFirst blackstudent at theUniversity ofMississippi (3-day riot over hisenrollment)DianeNashConvicted forcontributing to thedelinquency ofminors when sherecruited teenagersfor civil rightsdemonstrationsThurgoodMarshallHe was the firstAfricanAmericanappointed to theU.S. SupremeCourtChicagoDefenderThis Chicago-basedAfrican-Amernewspaper wasfounded in 1905 andwas once consideredthe "most important"newspaper of itskind.Dr.CharlesDrewI am creditedwithdevelopingblood banks.SelmaMarchBridge toFreedom,fighting forvoting rights inthe deep southGerald"Jerry"Lawsonone of the fathers ofmodern gaming, ledthe team thatdeveloped the firsthome video gamingsystem withinterchangeablecartridges.CivilDisobediencechoosing todisobey laws orcustoms toshow that theyare unjustNon-violencechoosing apeacefulmeans ofachievingchangeEdwardWBrookeHe was thefirst AfricanAmericanU.S. SenatorBoycottRefusing to dobusiness withsomeone inorder to affecttheir businesspracticesStevieWonderHe helped makeMLK's birthday anational holiday withthe assistance ofspecial lyrics from his“Happy Birthday”song.JohnBrownFoughtagainstslavery;abolitionistAsaPhilipRandolphOrganized theBrotherhood ofPullman Porters andnegotiated the firstlabor agreement by ablack union with amajor corporation.BenjaminO DavisSrThe firstAfricanAmericangeneral inthe U.S armyAlexHaleyI am a famouswriter bestknown for mywork about myfamily’s historycalled “Roots.”MamieTillAllowed photosof her brutallymurdered son tobe broadcast tothe worldVirginiaHamiltonI am one ofAmerica’s mosthonored writersof books forchildren.CharlesHHoustonHe was an AfricanAmerican lawyerand a dean ofHoward UniversityLaw schoolNAACPNationalAssociation for theAdvancement ofColored People,founded in 1909 byW.E.B DuBoisFannieLouHamerShe was thevice chair ofMississippiFreedomDemocraticParty.FrederickDouglasBorn a slave,escaped fromslavery andbecame anabolitionistleader.Booker T.WashingtonI organized theTuskegee Institute,a leading African-Am. Educationalinstitution inAmerica.BillieHolidayI am one ofthe mostfamous Jazzsingers of alltime.FrederickJonesI am an AfricanAmericaninventor whoinvented the airconditioner.Mae C.JemisonI am the firstAfrican-Americanwoman inspace.GarrettMorganI inventedthe gasmask andthe firsttraffic signal.MedgarEversWorked for theNAACP. Waskilled whilehelping organizevoting rightsboycotts.Sit-insNon-violent protestsin segregatedbusiness whereparticipants sat downand refused to moveuntil they wereservedDehumanizationtreatingsomeone in away thatdenies theirhuman dignityAbolitionTo stop a wayof doing things,especially thepractice ofslaveryDr.PatriciaE. BathI invented amethod of eyesurgery that hashelped manyblind people tosee.W.E.B.DuBoisHe was awriter ascholar andthe founder ofthe NAACPJohn H.Johnsonwas an Americanbusinessman andpublisher, founder in1942 of the JohnsonPublishing publisherof Ebony and JetMagazines.March onWashingtonLargest peacefulcivil rightsdemonstration in1963 - featured Dr.King's "I Have aDream"Brown v.Board ofEducationSupreme courtdecision tointegrate schools,invalidated"separate butequal"HBCUStands for"historicallyblack collegeor university"Ida BWellsShe foughtagainst theLynchinglaws of the1920s.JackieRobinsonI am the firstAfrican-Americanallowed to playmajor leaguebaseball.RubyBridgesI was the firstAfricanAmerican childto attend an allwhite school inthe south.SecondClassCitizenshiphaving less accessto the rights of acitizen than otherpeople in orbeyond yourcommunitySidneyPortierI am the firstAfrican-American towin an Oscarfor best actor.MuhammadAliI am one ofthe greatestboxers of alltime.BenjaminBannekerI am creditedwith helping todesign theblueprints forWashington,D.C.FreedomRidersNorthern activistswho tookintegrated bustrips through thesegregated southMichaelJordanI have come to beone the greatestbasketball players ofall time. Led ChicagoBulls to 6 nationalchampionshipsJayZBorn Sean Carter,this rapper, recordproducer, andbusiness mogul isregarded as one ofthe most influentialhip-hop artists of hisgenerationGeorgeWashingtonCarverI developedpeanutbutter and400 plantproducts!EmancipationThe act offreeingslaves frombondageSystemicChangealtering a way ofdoing things,usually to makeconditions fairfor allCondoleezzaRiceI am the firstAfrican Americanwoman to hold theposition of U.S.Secretary of State.SojournerTruthI am a freed slavewho traveledthroughout theNorth preachingemancipation andwomen’s rights.MadamC.J.WalkerI become the firstAfrican Americanmillionaire for myinvention of haircare products.InstitutionalRacisma systemic way ofdoing things adoptedby businesses,government, or otherorganizations thatdenies people accessto basic rightsShirleyChisholmI survived 3assassinationattempts duringmy campaign forthe 1972Presidentialelection.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. Co-founder of the Black Panther Party - organized to fight police brutality in Oakland, CA
    Huey P. Newton
  2. I am the first African American woman to launch my own TV Network. I am a talk show host.
    Oprah Winfrey
  3. This character, T-Challa, first appeared in Marvel comics in 1966.
    Black Panther
  4. Major voting rights drive in Mississippi during the summer of 1964
    Mississippi Freedom Summer
  5. Arrested because she would not give up her seat to a white person on a bus one day
    Rosa Parks
  6. A system of separation based on race, religion, or other unchosen factors
    Segregation
  7. I am the first African-American to hold the office of U.S. Secretary of State.
    Colin Powell
  8. I encouraged Black migration back to Africa.
    Marcus Garvey
  9. President who signed Emancipation Proclamation, which ended slavery in the U.S.
    Abraham Lincoln
  10. 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
  11. Founded the Organization of Afro-American Unity. I am a Muslim Minister and human rights activist who was assassinated for my efforts.
    Malcolm X
  12. I ran for President in the 1980s. I am a civil rights leader.
    Jesse Jackson
  13. I am a famous musician known as “The King of the Blues.”
    B.B. King
  14. I launched Negro History Week which later evolved into Black History Month.
    Dr. Carter G. Woodson
  15. Led the SCLC, Marched for civil rights non-violently delivered the “I have a Dream Speech.”
    Martin Luther King Jr.
  16. 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
  17. I escaped slavery and returned to lead others using the Underground Railroad.
    Harriet Tubman
  18. supreme court decision that made "Separate but equal" the law in the south (Jim Crow)
    Plessy v. Ferguson
  19. First black student at the University of Mississippi (3-day riot over his enrollment)
    James Meredith
  20. Convicted for contributing to the delinquency of minors when she recruited teenagers for civil rights demonstrations
    Diane Nash
  21. He was the first African American appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court
    Thurgood Marshall
  22. This Chicago-based African-Amer newspaper was founded in 1905 and was once considered the "most important" newspaper of its kind.
    Chicago Defender
  23. I am credited with developing blood banks.
    Dr. Charles Drew
  24. Bridge to Freedom, fighting for voting rights in the deep south
    Selma March
  25. one of the fathers of modern gaming, led the team that developed the first home video gaming system with interchangeable cartridges.
    Gerald "Jerry" Lawson
  26. choosing to disobey laws or customs to show that they are unjust
    Civil Disobedience
  27. choosing a peaceful means of achieving change
    Non-violence
  28. He was the first African American U.S. Senator
    Edward W Brooke
  29. Refusing to do business with someone in order to affect their business practices
    Boycott
  30. He helped make MLK's birthday a national holiday with the assistance of special lyrics from his “Happy Birthday” song.
    Stevie Wonder
  31. Fought against slavery; abolitionist
    John Brown
  32. Organized the Brotherhood of Pullman Porters and negotiated the first labor agreement by a black union with a major corporation.
    Asa Philip Randolph
  33. The first African American general in the U.S army
    Benjamin O Davis Sr
  34. I am a famous writer best known for my work about my family’s history called “Roots.”
    Alex Haley
  35. Allowed photos of her brutally murdered son to be broadcast to the world
    Mamie Till
  36. I am one of America’s most honored writers of books for children.
    Virginia Hamilton
  37. He was an African American lawyer and a dean of Howard University Law school
    Charles H Houston
  38. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, founded in 1909 by W.E.B DuBois
    NAACP
  39. She was the vice chair of Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.
    Fannie Lou Hamer
  40. Born a slave, escaped from slavery and became an abolitionist leader.
    Frederick Douglas
  41. I organized the Tuskegee Institute, a leading African-Am. Educational institution in America.
    Booker T. Washington
  42. I am one of the most famous Jazz singers of all time.
    Billie Holiday
  43. I am an African American inventor who invented the air conditioner.
    Frederick Jones
  44. I am the first African-American woman in space.
    Mae C. Jemison
  45. I invented the gas mask and the first traffic signal.
    Garrett Morgan
  46. Worked for the NAACP. Was killed while helping organize voting rights boycotts.
    Medgar Evers
  47. Non-violent protests in segregated business where participants sat down and refused to move until they were served
    Sit-ins
  48. treating someone in a way that denies their human dignity
    Dehumanization
  49. To stop a way of doing things, especially the practice of slavery
    Abolition
  50. I invented a method of eye surgery that has helped many blind people to see.
    Dr. Patricia E. Bath
  51. He was a writer a scholar and the founder of the NAACP
    W.E.B. DuBois
  52. was an American businessman and publisher, founder in 1942 of the Johnson Publishing publisher of Ebony and Jet Magazines.
    John H. Johnson
  53. Largest peaceful civil rights demonstration in 1963 - featured Dr. King's "I Have a Dream"
    March on Washington
  54. Supreme court decision to integrate schools, invalidated "separate but equal"
    Brown v. Board of Education
  55. Stands for "historically black college or university"
    HBCU
  56. She fought against the Lynching laws of the 1920s.
    Ida B Wells
  57. I am the first African- American allowed to play major league baseball.
    Jackie Robinson
  58. I was the first African American child to attend an all white school in the south.
    Ruby Bridges
  59. having less access to the rights of a citizen than other people in or beyond your community
    Second Class Citizenship
  60. I am the first African-American to win an Oscar for best actor.
    Sidney Portier
  61. I am one of the greatest boxers of all time.
    Muhammad Ali
  62. I am credited with helping to design the blueprints for Washington, D.C.
    Benjamin Banneker
  63. Northern activists who took integrated bus trips through the segregated south
    Freedom Riders
  64. I have come to be one the greatest basketball players of all time. Led Chicago Bulls to 6 national championships
    Michael Jordan
  65. 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
  66. I developed peanut butter and 400 plant products!
    George Washington Carver
  67. The act of freeing slaves from bondage
    Emancipation
  68. altering a way of doing things, usually to make conditions fair for all
    Systemic Change
  69. I am the first African American woman to hold the position of U.S. Secretary of State.
    Condoleezza Rice
  70. I am a freed slave who traveled throughout the North preaching emancipation and women’s rights.
    Sojourner Truth
  71. I become the first African American millionaire for my invention of hair care products.
    Madam C.J. Walker
  72. a systemic way of doing things adopted by businesses, government, or other organizations that denies people access to basic rights
    Institutional Racism
  73. I survived 3 assassination attempts during my campaign for the 1972 Presidential election.
    Shirley Chisholm
  74. We are the first black teenagers to attend the all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.
    Little Rock Nine