Black History Month - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. 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.

1. an American civil rights activist. She was the first African-American child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana during the New Orleans school desegregation crisis on November 14, 1960 Ruby Bridges
   Ruby Bridges
2. American politician and attorney who is the 49th and current vice president of the United States. She is the first female vice president and the highest-ranking female official in U.S. history, as well as the first African American and first Asia
   Kamala Harris
3. First Black Academy Award Best Actor Denzel Washington
   Denzel Washington
4. an African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement. Malcolm X
   Malcom X
5. an American politician and lawyer who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Obama was the first African-American president of the United States. Barack Obama
   Barack Obama
6. an American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesman and leader in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968 Martin Luther King Jr.
   Martin Luther King JR.
7. an American agricultural scientist and inventor who promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion. He was the most prominent black scientist of the early 20th century. George Washington Varver
   George Washington Carver
8. any historically black college or university that was established prior to 1964, whose principal mission was, and is, the education of black Americans HBCU
   
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10. n American ballet dancer for American Ballet Theatre, one of the three leading classical ballet companies in the United States. On June 30, 2015, the first African American woman to be promoted to principal dancer in ABT's 75-year history. Misty
    Misty Copeland
11. a United States Navy cook third class who was killed in action during World War II. He was the first black American to be awarded the Navy Cross, the highest decoration for valor in combat after the Medal of Honor Doris Miller
    Dorie Miller
12. was an American author who was the first African-American author of a published book of poetry. Born in West Africa, she was sold into slavery at the age of seven or eight and transported to North America Phillis Wheatley
    Phyllis Wheatley
13. is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime Jazz
    
14. an American engineer, physician, and former NASA astronaut. She became the first black woman to travel into space when she served as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour. Mae Carol Jemison
    Mae Jamison
15. an American former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2005. Nicknamed "Iron Mike" considered to be one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time Mikr Tyson
    
16. an American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott. The United States Congress has honored her as "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement" Rosa Parks
    Rosa Parks
17. an American abolitionist and political activist. Born into slavery, she escaped and subsequently made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including family and friends, using the network of antislavery activists and safe h
    Harriet Tubman
18. a 2018 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, It grossed over $1.3 billion worldwide and broke numerous box office records, becoming the highest-grossing film directed by a Black filmmaker Black Panther
    Black Panther
19. a holiday celebrated on 19 June to commemorate the emancipation of enslaved people in the US. The holiday was first celebrated in Texas, where on that date in 1865, in the aftermath of the Civil War, slaves were declared free under the terms of t
    
20. an American singer and actress. She is one of the best-selling recording artists of all time, with sales of over 200 million records worldwide. Whitney Houston
    Whitney Houston
21. Debatably the greatest basketball player of all time, Five-time NBA MVP, Six time NBA champion, 14-time NBA All-star Michael Jordan
    Michael Jordan
22. an American author, actress, screenwriter, dancer, poet and civil rights activist best known for her 1969 memoir, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, which made literary history as the first nonfiction bestseller by an African American woman. Maya A
    Maya Angelou
23. an American attorney and author who served as the first lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017. She was the first African-American woman to serve in this position. She also an award winning author. Michelle Obama
    Michelle Obama
24. a decentralized political and social movement that seeks to highlight racism, discrimination, and inequality experienced by black people
    
25. also known by his stage name The Fresh Prince, is an American actor, rapper, and film producer.. The highest paid black actor in history Will Smith
    Will Smith