| 100% | QUO | 3 | "Every society has its protectors of the status ___": Martin Luther King Jr. |
| 47% | ODETTA | 6 | Martin Luther King, Jr., called her the “Queen of American Folk Music” |
| 47% | TIME | 4 | Magazine that named Martin Luther King Jr. "Person of the Year" for 1963 |
| 45% | NATIONALMALL | 12 | Site of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial |
| 45% | MONTGOMERYBUS | 13 | ___ Boycott, protest campaign in which Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the key leaders: 2 wds. |
| 45% | 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 |
| 43% | DREAM | 5 | Martin Luther King Jr. had one |
| 43% | FREEATLAST | 10 | Final words of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech |
| 42% | RIOT | 4 | "Language of the unheard," per Martin Luther King Jr. |
| 41% | PHD | 3 | Martin Luther King Jr. had one in theology from Boston University |
| 40% | SPEECH | 6 | Martin Luther King, Jr.,’s “Give Us the Ballot,” for one |
| 39% | DAY | 3 | Follower of Martin Luther King Jr. |
| 39% | LETFREEDOMRING | 14 | Repeated phrase in Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech |
| 39% | CIVIL | 5 | ___ rights movement (what Martin Luther King, Jr. was a part of) |
| 39% | ODETTA | 6 | She sang at the march where Martin Luther King Jr. made his "I Have a Dream" speech |
| 39% | WINFIELD | 8 | Paul ___, "Sounder" actor who played Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1978 TV miniseries "King" |
| 38% | JEFFREY | 7 | ___ Wright, "Westworld" actor who played Martin Luther King Jr. in the 2001 TV film "Boycott" |
| 38% | MARTIN | 6 | ___ Luther King, Jr., American activist of the Civil Rights Movement |
| 38% | RIOTS | 5 | Responses of "the unheard," per Martin Luther King Jr. |
| 38% | JEFFREYWRIGHT | 13 | "Westworld" actor who played Martin Luther King Jr. in the 2001 TV movie "Boycott" (2 wds.) |
| 38% | JACKSON | 7 | Samuel L. ___, "Pulp Fiction" actor who played Martin Luther King Jr. in the 2011 stage production "Mountaintop" |
| 37% | ATLANTAGEORGIA | 14 | Birth city of Martin Luther King Jr. (2 wds.) |
| 37% | YOBA | 4 | Malik ___, "New York Undercover" actor who played Martin Luther King Jr. in the 2013 TV film "Betty & Coretta" |
| 37% | IHAVEADREAM | 11 | Informal title of the famous speech delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. in 1963 (4 wds.) |
| 37% | 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 |
| 37% | STONE | 5 | “The ___ of Hope” (centerpiece of the Martin Luther King, Jr., memorial) |
| 37% | ANTHONYMACKIE | 13 | "Avengers: Endgame" actor who played Martin Luther King Jr. in the 2016 TV movie "All the Way" (2 wds.) |
| 37% | CLIFTONPOWELL | 13 | "Saints & Sinners" actor who played Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1999 TV movie "Selma, Lord, Selma" (2 wds.) |
| 37% | HATRED | 6 | It "paralyzes life," per Martin Luther King Jr. |
| 36% | AIDA | 4 | The king of Egypt has a part in it |