| 100% | IHAVE | 5 | "___ a Dream" (Martin Luther King speech): 2 wds. |
| 87% | WASHINGTONDC | 12 | City where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech and where his national memorial is located (2 wds.) |
| 75% | LETFREEDOMRING | 14 | Repeated phrase in Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech |
| 74% | LETFREEDOMRING | 14 | Repeated phrase in Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech |
| 74% | FREEATLAST | 10 | Final words of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech |
| 72% | ODETTA | 6 | She sang at the march where Martin Luther King Jr. made his "I Have a Dream" speech |
| 68% | WASHINGTON | 10 | March on ___, one of the largest rallies for human rights where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his historic "I Have a Dream" speech |
| 66% | FREEATLAST | 10 | Final words of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech ... or a hint to the endings of 17-, 24-, 39- and 49-Across |
| 64% | DAVIDOYELOWO | 12 | He plays Martin Luther King, Jr. in "Selma": 2 wds. |
| 64% | RONALDREAGAN | 12 | U.S. President who signed the bill making Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a federal holiday (2 wds.) |
| 64% | IHAVE | 5 | "___ a dream": Martin Luther King Jr. |
| 63% | IHAVE | 5 | “___ a dream” (Martin Luther King Jr.) |
| 60% | HAVE | 4 | "I ___ a dream..." (famous speech by Martin Luther King, Jr.) |
| 59% | DAVIDOYELOWO | 12 | British-Nigerian actor who played American civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., in "Selma": 2 wds. |
| 59% | MONTGOMERYBUS | 13 | ___ Boycott, protest campaign in which Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the key leaders: 2 wds. |
| 58% | ATLANTAGEORGIA | 14 | Birth city of Martin Luther King Jr. (2 wds.) |
| 54% | JEFFREYWRIGHT | 13 | "Westworld" actor who played Martin Luther King Jr. in the 2001 TV movie "Boycott" (2 wds.) |
| 52% | CLIFTONPOWELL | 13 | "Saints & Sinners" actor who played Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1999 TV movie "Selma, Lord, Selma" (2 wds.) |
| 52% | ANTHONYMACKIE | 13 | "Avengers: Endgame" actor who played Martin Luther King Jr. in the 2016 TV movie "All the Way" (2 wds.) |
| 51% | CIVIL | 5 | ___ rights movement (what Martin Luther King, Jr. was a part of) |
| 50% | HAVE | 4 | "I ___ a dream ..." (quote by Martin Luther King Jr.) |
| 49% | GIVEUSTHEBALLOT | 15 | 1957 Martin Luther King, Jr., speech that called for voting rights for African Americans |
| 48% | MLKJR | 5 | "I have a dream" civil rights leader, for short: 2 wds. |
| 48% | CAMETRUE | 8 | Happened in real life, not just in a dream: 2 wds. |
| 48% | DREAM | 5 | "I Have a ___" (Martin Luther King, Jr. speech) |
| 48% | DREAM | 5 | "I Have a ___" (Martin Luther King Jr. speech) |
| 48% | SELMAALABAMA | 12 | Starting city for three protest marches to Montgomery led by Martin Luther King Jr. (2 wds.) |
| 47% | IHAVE | 5 | "___ a dream" (King speech) |
| 47% | DREAM | 5 | “I Have a ___” (famed speech by Martin Luther King, Jr.) |
| 46% | IHAVEADREAM | 11 | Informal title of the famous speech delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. in 1963 (4 wds.) |