AbrahamLincolnPresident whosignedEmancipationProclamation,which endedslavery in the U.S.Sit-insNon-violent protestsin segregatedbusiness whereparticipants sat downand refused to moveuntil they wereservedJesseJacksonI ran forPresident inthe 1980s. Iam a civilrights leader.InstitutionalRacisma systemic way ofdoing things adoptedby businesses,government, or otherorganizations thatdenies people accessto basic rightsW.E.B.DuBoisHe was awriter ascholar andthe founder ofthe NAACPSegregationA system ofseparationbased on race,religion, or otherunchosenfactorsAsaPhilipRandolphOrganized theBrotherhood ofPullman Porters andnegotiated the firstlabor agreement by ablack union with amajor corporation.MadamC.J.WalkerI become the firstAfrican Americanmillionaire for myinvention of haircare products.MississippiFreedomSummerMajor votingrights drive inMississippiduring thesummer of1964SystemicChangealtering a way ofdoing things,usually to makeconditions fairfor allMalcolmXFounded theOrganization of Afro-American Unity. I ama Muslim Ministerand human rightsactivist who wasassassinated for myefforts.EdwardWBrookeHe was thefirst AfricanAmericanU.S. SenatorJackieRobinsonI am the firstAfrican-Americanallowed to playmajor leaguebaseball.Dr.CharlesDrewI am creditedwithdevelopingblood banks.FrederickJonesI am an AfricanAmericaninventor whoinvented the airconditioner.JohnBrownFoughtagainstslavery;abolitionistDr.PatriciaE. BathI invented amethod of eyesurgery that hashelped manyblind people tosee.BenjaminBannekerI am creditedwith helping todesign theblueprints forWashington,D.C.RosaParksArrested becauseshe would not giveup her seat to awhite person on abus one dayHuey P.NewtonCo-founder of theBlack PantherParty - organizedto fight policebrutality inOakland, CABlackPantherThis character,T-Challa, firstappeared inMarvel comics in1966.JamesMeredithFirst blackstudent at theUniversity ofMississippi (3-day riot over hisenrollment)VirginiaHamiltonI am one ofAmerica’s mosthonored writersof books forchildren.GarrettMorganI inventedthe gasmask andthe firsttraffic signal.CivilDisobediencechoosing todisobey laws orcustoms toshow that theyare unjustNAACPNationalAssociation for theAdvancement ofColored People,founded in 1909 byW.E.B DuBoisRubyBridgesI was the firstAfricanAmerican childto attend an allwhite school inthe south.ShirleyChisholmI survived 3assassinationattempts duringmy campaign forthe 1972Presidentialelection.Booker T.WashingtonI organized theTuskegee Institute,a leading African-Am. Educationalinstitution inAmerica.John H.Johnsonwas an Americanbusinessman andpublisher, founder in1942 of the JohnsonPublishing publisherof Ebony and JetMagazines.MuhammadAliI am one ofthe greatestboxers of alltime.Dr.Carter G.WoodsonI launchedNegro HistoryWeek whichlater evolvedinto BlackHistory Month.MamieTillAllowed photosof her brutallymurdered son tobe broadcast tothe worldMae C.JemisonI am the firstAfrican-Americanwoman inspace.SidneyPortierI am the firstAfrican-American towin an Oscarfor best actor.BillieHolidayI am one ofthe mostfamous Jazzsingers of alltime.BoycottRefusing to dobusiness withsomeone inorder to affecttheir businesspracticesIda BWellsShe foughtagainst theLynchinglaws of the1920s.HBCUStands for"historicallyblack collegeor university"SojournerTruthI am a freed slavewho traveledthroughout theNorth preachingemancipation andwomen’s rights.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.Plessy v.Fergusonsupreme courtdecision that made"Separate butequal" the law inthe south (JimCrow)CharlesHHoustonHe was an AfricanAmerican lawyerand a dean ofHoward UniversityLaw schoolChicagoDefenderThis Chicago-basedAfrican-Amernewspaper wasfounded in 1905 andwas once consideredthe "most important"newspaper of itskind.BenjaminO DavisSrThe firstAfricanAmericangeneral inthe U.S armyMichaelJordanI have come to beone the greatestbasketball players ofall time. Led ChicagoBulls to 6 nationalchampionshipsSelmaMarchBridge toFreedom,fighting forvoting rights inthe deep southMarch onWashingtonLargest peacefulcivil rightsdemonstration in1963 - featured Dr.King's "I Have aDream"B.B.KingI am a famousmusicianknown as“The King ofthe Blues.”OprahWinfreyI am the first AfricanAmerican woman tolaunch my own TVNetwork. I am a talkshow host.Non-violencechoosing apeacefulmeans ofachievingchangeAlexHaleyI am a famouswriter bestknown for mywork about myfamily’s historycalled “Roots.”MarcusGarveyI encouragedBlackmigrationback toAfrica.MartinLutherKing Jr.Led the SCLC,Marched for civilrights non-violentlydelivered the “Ihave a DreamSpeech.”EmancipationThe act offreeingslaves frombondageDianeNashConvicted forcontributing to thedelinquency ofminors when sherecruited teenagersfor civil rightsdemonstrationsFannieLouHamerShe was thevice chair ofMississippiFreedomDemocraticParty.Brown v.Board ofEducationSupreme courtdecision tointegrate schools,invalidated"separate butequal"HarrietTubmanI escaped slaveryand returned tolead others usingthe UndergroundRailroad.ThurgoodMarshallHe was the firstAfricanAmericanappointed to theU.S. SupremeCourtGeorgeWashingtonCarverI developedpeanutbutter and400 plantproducts!Gerald"Jerry"Lawsonone of the fathers ofmodern gaming, ledthe team thatdeveloped the firsthome video gamingsystem withinterchangeablecartridges.MedgarEversWorked for theNAACP. Waskilled whilehelping organizevoting rightsboycotts.StevieWonderHe helped makeMLK's birthday anational holiday withthe assistance ofspecial lyrics from his“Happy Birthday”song.FreedomRidersNorthern activistswho tookintegrated bustrips through thesegregated southSecondClassCitizenshiphaving less accessto the rights of acitizen than otherpeople in orbeyond yourcommunityColinPowellI am the firstAfrican-Americanto hold the office ofU.S. Secretary ofState.LittleRockNineWe are the firstblack teenagers toattend the all-whiteCentral HighSchool in LittleRock, Arkansas.CondoleezzaRiceI am the firstAfrican Americanwoman to hold theposition of U.S.Secretary of State.JayZBorn Sean Carter,this rapper, recordproducer, andbusiness mogul isregarded as one ofthe most influentialhip-hop artists of hisgenerationArethaFranklinThis Queen of Soulwas not only the firstAfrican Americanwoman inducted intothe Rock & Roll Hallof Fame, but the firstwoman, period.Dehumanizationtreatingsomeone in away thatdenies theirhuman dignityAbolitionTo stop a wayof doing things,especially thepractice ofslaveryFrederickDouglasBorn a slave,escaped fromslavery andbecame anabolitionistleader.AbrahamLincolnPresident whosignedEmancipationProclamation,which endedslavery in the U.S.Sit-insNon-violent protestsin segregatedbusiness whereparticipants sat downand refused to moveuntil they wereservedJesseJacksonI ran forPresident inthe 1980s. Iam a civilrights leader.InstitutionalRacisma systemic way ofdoing things adoptedby businesses,government, or otherorganizations thatdenies people accessto basic rightsW.E.B.DuBoisHe was awriter ascholar andthe founder ofthe NAACPSegregationA system ofseparationbased on race,religion, or otherunchosenfactorsAsaPhilipRandolphOrganized theBrotherhood ofPullman Porters andnegotiated the firstlabor agreement by ablack union with amajor corporation.MadamC.J.WalkerI become the firstAfrican Americanmillionaire for myinvention of haircare products.MississippiFreedomSummerMajor votingrights drive inMississippiduring thesummer of1964SystemicChangealtering a way ofdoing things,usually to makeconditions fairfor allMalcolmXFounded theOrganization of Afro-American Unity. I ama Muslim Ministerand human rightsactivist who wasassassinated for myefforts.EdwardWBrookeHe was thefirst AfricanAmericanU.S. SenatorJackieRobinsonI am the firstAfrican-Americanallowed to playmajor leaguebaseball.Dr.CharlesDrewI am creditedwithdevelopingblood banks.FrederickJonesI am an AfricanAmericaninventor whoinvented the airconditioner.JohnBrownFoughtagainstslavery;abolitionistDr.PatriciaE. BathI invented amethod of eyesurgery that hashelped manyblind people tosee.BenjaminBannekerI am creditedwith helping todesign theblueprints forWashington,D.C.RosaParksArrested becauseshe would not giveup her seat to awhite person on abus one dayHuey P.NewtonCo-founder of theBlack PantherParty - organizedto fight policebrutality inOakland, CABlackPantherThis character,T-Challa, firstappeared inMarvel comics in1966.JamesMeredithFirst blackstudent at theUniversity ofMississippi (3-day riot over hisenrollment)VirginiaHamiltonI am one ofAmerica’s mosthonored writersof books forchildren.GarrettMorganI inventedthe gasmask andthe firsttraffic signal.CivilDisobediencechoosing todisobey laws orcustoms toshow that theyare unjustNAACPNationalAssociation for theAdvancement ofColored People,founded in 1909 byW.E.B DuBoisRubyBridgesI was the firstAfricanAmerican childto attend an allwhite school inthe south.ShirleyChisholmI survived 3assassinationattempts duringmy campaign forthe 1972Presidentialelection.Booker T.WashingtonI organized theTuskegee Institute,a leading African-Am. Educationalinstitution inAmerica.John H.Johnsonwas an Americanbusinessman andpublisher, founder in1942 of the JohnsonPublishing publisherof Ebony and JetMagazines.MuhammadAliI am one ofthe greatestboxers of alltime.Dr.Carter G.WoodsonI launchedNegro HistoryWeek whichlater evolvedinto BlackHistory Month.MamieTillAllowed photosof her brutallymurdered son tobe broadcast tothe worldMae C.JemisonI am the firstAfrican-Americanwoman inspace.SidneyPortierI am the firstAfrican-American towin an Oscarfor best actor.BillieHolidayI am one ofthe mostfamous Jazzsingers of alltime.BoycottRefusing to dobusiness withsomeone inorder to affecttheir businesspracticesIda BWellsShe foughtagainst theLynchinglaws of the1920s.HBCUStands for"historicallyblack collegeor university"SojournerTruthI am a freed slavewho traveledthroughout theNorth preachingemancipation andwomen’s rights.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.Plessy v.Fergusonsupreme courtdecision that made"Separate butequal" the law inthe south (JimCrow)CharlesHHoustonHe was an AfricanAmerican lawyerand a dean ofHoward UniversityLaw schoolChicagoDefenderThis Chicago-basedAfrican-Amernewspaper wasfounded in 1905 andwas once consideredthe "most important"newspaper of itskind.BenjaminO DavisSrThe firstAfricanAmericangeneral inthe U.S armyMichaelJordanI have come to beone the greatestbasketball players ofall time. Led ChicagoBulls to 6 nationalchampionshipsSelmaMarchBridge toFreedom,fighting forvoting rights inthe deep southMarch onWashingtonLargest peacefulcivil rightsdemonstration in1963 - featured Dr.King's "I Have aDream"B.B.KingI am a famousmusicianknown as“The King ofthe Blues.”OprahWinfreyI am the first AfricanAmerican woman tolaunch my own TVNetwork. I am a talkshow host.Non-violencechoosing apeacefulmeans ofachievingchangeAlexHaleyI am a famouswriter bestknown for mywork about myfamily’s historycalled “Roots.”MarcusGarveyI encouragedBlackmigrationback toAfrica.MartinLutherKing Jr.Led the SCLC,Marched for civilrights non-violentlydelivered the “Ihave a DreamSpeech.”EmancipationThe act offreeingslaves frombondageDianeNashConvicted forcontributing to thedelinquency ofminors when sherecruited teenagersfor civil rightsdemonstrationsFannieLouHamerShe was thevice chair ofMississippiFreedomDemocraticParty.Brown v.Board ofEducationSupreme courtdecision tointegrate schools,invalidated"separate butequal"HarrietTubmanI escaped slaveryand returned tolead others usingthe UndergroundRailroad.ThurgoodMarshallHe was the firstAfricanAmericanappointed to theU.S. SupremeCourtGeorgeWashingtonCarverI developedpeanutbutter and400 plantproducts!Gerald"Jerry"Lawsonone of the fathers ofmodern gaming, ledthe team thatdeveloped the firsthome video gamingsystem withinterchangeablecartridges.MedgarEversWorked for theNAACP. Waskilled whilehelping organizevoting rightsboycotts.StevieWonderHe helped makeMLK's birthday anational holiday withthe assistance ofspecial lyrics from his“Happy Birthday”song.FreedomRidersNorthern activistswho tookintegrated bustrips through thesegregated southSecondClassCitizenshiphaving less accessto the rights of acitizen than otherpeople in orbeyond yourcommunityColinPowellI am the firstAfrican-Americanto hold the office ofU.S. Secretary ofState.LittleRockNineWe are the firstblack teenagers toattend the all-whiteCentral HighSchool in LittleRock, Arkansas.CondoleezzaRiceI am the firstAfrican Americanwoman to hold theposition of U.S.Secretary of State.JayZBorn Sean Carter,this rapper, recordproducer, andbusiness mogul isregarded as one ofthe most influentialhip-hop artists of hisgenerationArethaFranklinThis Queen of Soulwas not only the firstAfrican Americanwoman inducted intothe Rock & Roll Hallof Fame, but the firstwoman, period.Dehumanizationtreatingsomeone in away thatdenies theirhuman dignityAbolitionTo stop a wayof doing things,especially thepractice ofslaveryFrederickDouglasBorn a slave,escaped fromslavery andbecame anabolitionistleader.

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