Black History Month - 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.

1. Tina Turner
   Artist who holds a total of 12 Grammys
2. Maya Angelou
   First African American to be a presidential inaugural poet
3. Allen Iverson
   Nickname was "The Answer"
4. Nelson Mandela
   Jailed for 27 years and later became the president of South Africa
5. Muhammad Ali
   Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee
6. Halle Berry
   First Black Female to win Oscar for Best Actress
7. John Legend
   Called an EGOT
8. Wallo267
   Became cultural phenom in two years after serving a 20 year prison sentence
9. Ruby Bridges
   First African American child to attend all-white school
10. Malcom X
    "A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything"
11. Michael Jackson
    Holds record for winning the most Grammys in one night
12. Kobe Bryant
    His film won an Oscar for best animated short film
13. Ella Fitzgerald
    First black female to win Grammy
14. Guion Stewart Bluford Jr.
    First African American to go to space
15. Sidney Poitier
    First Black Male to win Oscar for Best Actor
16. MLK, Jr.
    "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
17. Kamala Harris
    First African American Vice President
18. Bryan Stevenson
    Started the Equal Justice Initiative
19. Harriet Tubman
    Lead others thru Underground Railroad
20. Oprah Winfrey
    First Black woman to launch own TV network
21. Ava Duvernay
    First Black Female Director to have film nominated for Best Picture Oscar
22. Barack Obama
    First African American President
23. Rosa Parks
    Refused to give up seat for white man
24. Josh Gibson
    Called "the Black Babe Ruth"