| 100% | RIOT | 4 | "Language of the unheard," per Martin Luther King Jr. |
| 87% | RIOTS | 5 | Responses of "the unheard," per Martin Luther King Jr. |
| 66% | ODETTA | 6 | Martin Luther King, Jr., called her the “Queen of American Folk Music” |
| 66% | TIME | 4 | Magazine that named Martin Luther King Jr. "Person of the Year" for 1963 |
| 63% | NATIONALMALL | 12 | Site of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial |
| 63% | MONTGOMERYBUS | 13 | ___ Boycott, protest campaign in which Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the key leaders: 2 wds. |
| 61% | HATRED | 6 | It "paralyzes life," per Martin Luther King Jr. |
| 59% | RIOT | 4 | "The language of the unheard," per MLK |
| 56% | SPEECH | 6 | Martin Luther King, Jr.,’s “Give Us the Ballot,” for one |
| 55% | DAY | 3 | Follower of Martin Luther King Jr. |
| 55% | CIVIL | 5 | ___ rights movement (what Martin Luther King, Jr. was a part of) |
| 54% | WINFIELD | 8 | Paul ___, "Sounder" actor who played Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1978 TV miniseries "King" |
| 54% | JEFFREY | 7 | ___ Wright, "Westworld" actor who played Martin Luther King Jr. in the 2001 TV film "Boycott" |
| 54% | MARTIN | 6 | ___ Luther King, Jr., American activist of the Civil Rights Movement |
| 54% | JEFFREYWRIGHT | 13 | "Westworld" actor who played Martin Luther King Jr. in the 2001 TV movie "Boycott" (2 wds.) |
| 53% | JACKSON | 7 | Samuel L. ___, "Pulp Fiction" actor who played Martin Luther King Jr. in the 2011 stage production "Mountaintop" |
| 53% | 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 |
| 53% | PHDS | 4 | Achievements of Henry Kissinger and Martin Luther King Jr., in brief |
| 52% | ATLANTAGEORGIA | 14 | Birth city of Martin Luther King Jr. (2 wds.) |
| 52% | YOBA | 4 | Malik ___, "New York Undercover" actor who played Martin Luther King Jr. in the 2013 TV film "Betty & Coretta" |
| 52% | IHAVEADREAM | 11 | Informal title of the famous speech delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. in 1963 (4 wds.) |
| 52% | STONE | 5 | “The ___ of Hope” (centerpiece of the Martin Luther King, Jr., memorial) |
| 52% | IHAVEADREAMTHATONEDAYON | 23 | Part 1 of a prophecy by Martin Luther King Jr. |
| 52% | ANTHONYMACKIE | 13 | "Avengers: Endgame" actor who played Martin Luther King Jr. in the 2016 TV movie "All the Way" (2 wds.) |
| 52% | CLIFTONPOWELL | 13 | "Saints & Sinners" actor who played Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1999 TV movie "Selma, Lord, Selma" (2 wds.) |
| 51% | QUO | 3 | "Every society has its protectors of the status ___": Martin Luther King Jr. |
| 50% | TUTU | 4 | Desmond of South Africa, who received the Martin Luther King, Jr. Nonviolent Peace Prize in Atlanta in 1986 |
| 50% | MARTIN | 6 | ___ Luther King Jr., African-American civil rights leader who is celebrated annually on the third Monday of January |
| 50% | ATLANTA | 7 | Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthplace |
| 50% | SOUTHERNBAPTIST | 15 | Martin Luther King Jr., e.g. |