First AfricanAmericanownedbusiness, theoldest and stillin businessSinger who wasthe first femaleartist inductedinto the Rockand Roll Hall ofFameActivist for civilrights, socialism,pacism, and gayrights who helpedorganize the firstFreedom RideShe was the firstAfrican Americanwoman to have anon-fiction workmade the bestseller listFirst AfricanAmericanregiment toserve in theUnited StatesCivil WarCivil rightsactivist andeducator whofounded theNational Councilof Negro WomenFirst AfricanAmericanHeavyweightBoxingChampionActivist andjournalist who wasthe first AfricanAmerican womanto serve on aBoard ofEducationCardiologistwho performedthe firstsuccessfulopen heartsurgerySinger who wasthe first AfricanAmerican to wina GrammyAwardInventor whoinventedthree-positiontraffic signaland gas maskContralto singerwho was the firstAfrican Americanto sing at theMetropolitanOpera HouseBaseball playerwho was the firstAfrican AmericanMajor LeagueBaseball playerof the modern eraFirst AfricanAmerican toappear on thecover of Lifemagazine in1950First prominentAfrican Americanrapper to achievemainstream successwith his solo career,after leaving thegroup N.W.A.First AfricanAmericanperformer toplay at theWhite HouseEducator andpolitician and wasthe first woman torun for theDemocraticpresidentialnominationFirst AfricanAmericanappointed tothe UnitedStatesSupreme CourtAbolitionist wholed over 70people tofreedom usingthe UndergroundRailroadAbolitionist andwomen's rightsactivist who was oneof the first AfricanAmerican women towin a lawsuit againsta white manHuman rightsactivist whocreated theOrganization ofAfro AmericanUnityCivil rights activist,and Nobel PeacePrize winner whoused civildisobedience as aform of protestFirst femaleself-mademillionairein AmericaAviator who wasthe first AfricanAmerican to holdaninternationalpilot licenseNeurosurgeonwho led the firstsuccessfuloperation toseparate a pair ofconjoined twininfantsCivil rights activistwho was the firstAfrican Americannominated for VicePresident of theUnited StatesFirst AfricanAmerican tohold the officeof President ofthe UnitedStatesFirst AfricanAmericanwoman to winthe BestActress Oscar18thSurgeonGeneral ofthe UnitedStatesFirst AfricanAmericanownedbusiness, theoldest and stillin businessSinger who wasthe first femaleartist inductedinto the Rockand Roll Hall ofFameActivist for civilrights, socialism,pacism, and gayrights who helpedorganize the firstFreedom RideShe was the firstAfrican Americanwoman to have anon-fiction workmade the bestseller listFirst AfricanAmericanregiment toserve in theUnited StatesCivil WarCivil rightsactivist andeducator whofounded theNational Councilof Negro WomenFirst AfricanAmericanHeavyweightBoxingChampionActivist andjournalist who wasthe first AfricanAmerican womanto serve on aBoard ofEducationCardiologistwho performedthe firstsuccessfulopen heartsurgerySinger who wasthe first AfricanAmerican to wina GrammyAwardInventor whoinventedthree-positiontraffic signaland gas maskContralto singerwho was the firstAfrican Americanto sing at theMetropolitanOpera HouseBaseball playerwho was the firstAfrican AmericanMajor LeagueBaseball playerof the modern eraFirst AfricanAmerican toappear on thecover of Lifemagazine in1950First prominentAfrican Americanrapper to achievemainstream successwith his solo career,after leaving thegroup N.W.A.First AfricanAmericanperformer toplay at theWhite HouseEducator andpolitician and wasthe first woman torun for theDemocraticpresidentialnominationFirst AfricanAmericanappointed tothe UnitedStatesSupreme CourtAbolitionist wholed over 70people tofreedom usingthe UndergroundRailroadAbolitionist andwomen's rightsactivist who was oneof the first AfricanAmerican women towin a lawsuit againsta white manHuman rightsactivist whocreated theOrganization ofAfro AmericanUnityCivil rights activist,and Nobel PeacePrize winner whoused civildisobedience as aform of protestFirst femaleself-mademillionairein AmericaAviator who wasthe first AfricanAmerican to holdaninternationalpilot licenseNeurosurgeonwho led the firstsuccessfuloperation toseparate a pair ofconjoined twininfantsCivil rights activistwho was the firstAfrican Americannominated for VicePresident of theUnited StatesFirst AfricanAmerican tohold the officeof President ofthe UnitedStatesFirst AfricanAmericanwoman to winthe BestActress Oscar18thSurgeonGeneral ofthe UnitedStates

Black History First - 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. First African American owned business, the oldest and still in business
  2. Singer who was the first female artist inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
  3. Activist for civil rights, socialism, pacism, and gay rights who helped organize the first Freedom Ride
  4. She was the first African American woman to have a non-fiction work made the best seller list
  5. First African American regiment to serve in the United States Civil War
  6. Civil rights activist and educator who founded the National Council of Negro Women
  7. First African American Heavyweight Boxing Champion
  8. Activist and journalist who was the first African American woman to serve on a Board of Education
  9. Cardiologist who performed the first successful open heart surgery
  10. Singer who was the first African American to win a Grammy Award
  11. Inventor who invented three-position traffic signal and gas mask
  12. Contralto singer who was the first African American to sing at the Metropolitan Opera House
  13. Baseball player who was the first African American Major League Baseball player of the modern era
  14. First African American to appear on the cover of Life magazine in 1950
  15. First prominent African American rapper to achieve mainstream success with his solo career, after leaving the group N.W.A.
  16. First African American performer to play at the White House
  17. Educator and politician and was the first woman to run for the Democratic presidential nomination
  18. First African American appointed to the United States Supreme Court
  19. Abolitionist who led over 70 people to freedom using the Underground Railroad
  20. Abolitionist and women's rights activist who was one of the first African American women to win a lawsuit against a white man
  21. Human rights activist who created the Organization of Afro American Unity
  22. Civil rights activist, and Nobel Peace Prize winner who used civil disobedience as a form of protest
  23. First female self-made millionaire in America
  24. Aviator who was the first African American to hold an international pilot license
  25. Neurosurgeon who led the first successful operation to separate a pair of conjoined twin infants
  26. Civil rights activist who was the first African American nominated for Vice President of the United States
  27. First African American to hold the office of President of the United States
  28. First African American woman to win the Best Actress Oscar
  29. 18th Surgeon General of the United States