| 100% | MARTIN | 6 | ___ Luther King, Jr., American activist of the Civil Rights Movement |
| 65% | MARTIN | 6 | ___ Luther King Jr., African-American civil rights leader who is celebrated annually on the third Monday of January |
| 53% | ODETTA | 6 | Martin Luther King, Jr., called her the “Queen of American Folk Music” |
| 53% | ROSA | 4 | Parks of the civil rights movement |
| 53% | EVERS | 5 | Medgar of the civil rights movement |
| 52% | IAM | 3 | "___ a man!" (declaration of the civil rights movement) |
| 51% | CIVIL | 5 | ___ rights movement (what Martin Luther King, Jr. was a part of) |
| 49% | ASA | 3 | ___ Philip Randolph, civil rights activist and founder of the first AFL-chartered African American-led labor union |
| 48% | ODETTA | 6 | Singer called "The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement" |
| 46% | ODETTA | 6 | Folk singer known as "The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement" |
| 45% | ODETTA | 6 | One-named singer known as "The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement" |
| 45% | LUTHER | 6 | Martin ___ King Jr., American activist who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 |
| 45% | LEWIS | 5 | John ___, African-American civil rights activist who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom |
| 43% | DIANENASH | 9 | Civil rights activist who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2022: 2 wds. |
| 43% | TIME | 4 | Magazine that named Martin Luther King Jr. "Person of the Year" for 1963 |
| 43% | ALLIE | 5 | ___ B. Latimer, civil rights activist in the National Women's Hall of Fame |
| 42% | HOSEA | 5 | Civil rights leader Williams, who was an associate of Martin Luther King Jr. |
| 42% | NATIONALMALL | 12 | Site of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial |
| 41% | MLK | 3 | American civil rights activist famous for the speech, "I have A Dream": Abbr |
| 41% | MEDGAREVERS | 11 | Civil rights activist who was a posthumous recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2024: 2 wds. |
| 41% | SELMA | 5 | Landmark city in the civil rights movement |
| 41% | MLK | 3 | Leader in the civil rights movement, in brief |
| 40% | MLK | 3 | Initials of the civil rights leader honored in January |
| 40% | MLK | 3 | Initials of the civil rights legend honored in January |
| 40% | MONTGOMERYBUS | 13 | ___ Boycott, protest campaign in which Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the key leaders: 2 wds. |
| 40% | GIVEUSTHEBALLOT | 15 | 1957 Martin Luther King, Jr., speech that called for voting rights for African Americans |
| 40% | PEOPLEGETREADY | 14 | 1965 hit that was the unofficial anthem of the civil rights movement: 3 wds. |
| 40% | DAVIDOYELOWO | 12 | British-Nigerian actor who played American civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., in "Selma": 2 wds. |
| 39% | YOLANDA | 7 | Civil rights activist King |
| 39% | HISTORYLESSON | 13 | Lecture that teaches students about the civil rights movements, e.g. |