| 100% | MLK | 3 | Civil Rights leader with a U.S. memorial: Abbr. |
| 58% | MLK | 3 | Civil rights leader with a January holiday, for short |
| 53% | MLK | 3 | Civil rights leader who "had a dream": Abbr. |
| 52% | NAACP | 5 | Civil rights group with a Legal Defense and Educational Fund: Abbr. |
| 51% | MLK | 3 | Initials of the civil rights leader who has a US holiday |
| 48% | DOROTHYHEIGHT | 13 | Presidential Medal of Freedom-winning civil rights activist honored with a Black Heritage U.S. postage stamp in 2017 (2 wds.) |
| 46% | MLK | 3 | Civil rights leader: Abbr. |
| 45% | MLK | 3 | Initials of a celebrated US civil rights leader |
| 44% | ACLU | 4 | Organization with a Women's Rights Project: Abbr. |
| 43% | EVERS | 5 | Civil rights leader portrayed in "For Us, The Living" |
| 43% | MALCOLMX | 8 | Civil rights activist with a Harlem thoroughfare named after him |
| 42% | DAISYBATES | 10 | Civil rights leader known for her work with the Little Rock Nine |
| 41% | MLK | 3 | Civil rights figure who "had a dream": Abbr. |
| 41% | MALCOLMX | 8 | Civil rights leader played by Denzel Washington in a 1992 biopic: 2 wds. |
| 41% | LEWIS | 5 | Civil rights activist John who became a US congressman |
| 41% | NSA | 3 | Government group with a Cryptologic Memorial: Abbr. |
| 40% | MLK | 3 | "I have a dream" civil rights leader's initials |
| 39% | OAHU | 4 | Island with a U.S. state capital |
| 39% | MLK | 3 | Initials of the civil rights leader who gave the "I have a dream" speech |
| 39% | GUAM | 4 | Pacific island with a U.S. military base |
| 39% | GUANTANAMO | 10 | Cuban city with a U.S. Navy base |
| 38% | IDA | 3 | ___ B. Wells, African-American civil rights leader who was posthumously awarded a Pulitzer Prize special citation |
| 37% | MLK | 3 | American civil rights activist famous for the speech, "I have A Dream": Abbr |
| 37% | MLK | 3 | Initials of a civil rights leader depicted in "Selma" |
| 37% | MLK | 3 | Initials of a civil rights leader honored in January |
| 37% | VVEBDUBOIS | 10 | Historian, essayist and civil rights leader who was the first African American to receive a doctorate at Harvard |
| 37% | RTE | 3 | A U.P.S. driver may have one: Abbr. |
| 37% | REP | 3 | US legislator with a two-year term: Abbr. |
| 37% | SEN | 3 | US politician with a six-year term: Abbr. |
| 37% | IDABWELLS | 9 | Civil rights leader who co-founded the N.A.A.C.P. |