| 100% | MLK | 3 | Civil rights leader who "had a dream": Abbr. |
| 83% | MLK | 3 | Civil rights figure who "had a dream": Abbr. |
| 80% | MLK | 3 | Initials of the civil rights leader who gave the "I have a dream" speech |
| 77% | MLK | 3 | Initials of the civil rights leader who has a US holiday |
| 70% | MLK | 3 | "I have a dream" civil rights leader's initials |
| 68% | MLKJR | 5 | "I have a dream" civil rights leader, for short: 2 wds. |
| 60% | MLK | 3 | Civil Rights leader with a U.S. memorial: Abbr. |
| 57% | IDA | 3 | ___ B. Wells, African-American civil rights leader who was posthumously awarded a Pulitzer Prize special citation |
| 56% | VVEBDUBOIS | 10 | Historian, essayist and civil rights leader who was the first African American to receive a doctorate at Harvard |
| 55% | IDABWELLS | 9 | Civil rights leader who co-founded the N.A.A.C.P. |
| 54% | MLK | 3 | American civil rights activist famous for the speech, "I have A Dream": Abbr |
| 52% | MLK | 3 | Civil rights leader: Abbr. |
| 52% | CESARCHAVEZ | 11 | Civil rights leader, played by Michael Peña in a 2014 biopic, who received a Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1994: 2 wds |
| 51% | DOLORESHUERTA | 13 | Civil rights leader, played by Rosario Dawson in the 18-Across biopic, who received a Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012: 2 wds. |
| 50% | MALCOLMX | 8 | Civil rights leader who asked, "Who taught you to hate yourself?" |
| 50% | JOHNLEWIS | 9 | Civil rights leader who helped lead the Selma marches: 2 wds. |
| 50% | RHEE | 4 | Asian leader who had a Ph.D. from Princeton |
| 49% | MLK | 3 | "I have a dream" speaker: Abbr. |
| 49% | MLK | 3 | "I Have a Dream" activist: Abbr. |
| 49% | MLK | 3 | "I Have a Dream" orator: Abbr. |
| 49% | MLK | 3 | Civil rights leader with a January holiday, for short |
| 49% | MLK | 3 | "I Have a Dream" speech giver: Abbr. |
| 49% | ELECTOR | 7 | One who has a right to vote |
| 49% | MALCOLMX | 8 | Civil rights leader who also went by el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz: 2 wds. |
| 48% | BIKO | 4 | Steve —, South African civil rights leader who died in Pretoria in 1977 |
| 48% | ROSAPARKS | 9 | Civil rights leader who was awarded the NAACP's Spingarn Medal in 1979: 2 wds. |
| 48% | PUTIN | 5 | International leader who had a street named after him in Bethlehem in 2012 |
| 47% | MLK | 3 | He delivered the "I have a dream ..." speech: Abbr. |
| 47% | MLK | 3 | He delivered the "I Have a Dream" speech: Abbr. |
| 47% | ACLU | 4 | Group that has a Voting Rights Project: Abbr. |