| 100% | RFK | 3 | Deliverer of a noted speech upon the death of Martin Luther King Jr. (4/4/1968), in brief |
| 48% | IHAVEADREAM | 11 | Informal title of the famous speech delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. in 1963 (4 wds.) |
| 43% | 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% | 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 |
| 42% | FREEATLAST | 10 | Final words of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech |
| 41% | PHDS | 4 | Achievements of Henry Kissinger and Martin Luther King Jr., in brief |
| 41% | ODETTA | 6 | She sang at the march where Martin Luther King Jr. made his "I Have a Dream" speech |
| 40% | LETFREEDOMRING | 14 | Repeated phrase in Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech |
| 39% | MONTGOMERYBUS | 13 | ___ Boycott, protest campaign in which Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the key leaders: 2 wds. |
| 38% | DAVIDOYELOWO | 12 | 19-Across and 33-Across actor who won a 2015 NAACP Image Award for his portrayal of Martin Luther King Jr. in "Selma" (2 wds.) |
| 37% | TUTU | 4 | Desmond of South Africa, who received the Martin Luther King, Jr. Nonviolent Peace Prize in Atlanta in 1986 |
| 37% | RIOT | 4 | "Language of the unheard," per Martin Luther King Jr. |
| 36% | NATIONALMALL | 12 | Site of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial |
| 36% | DRUMMAJOR | 9 | "The ___ Instinct": Martin Luther King, Jr.'s sermon from Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church in February 1968 |
| 36% | DREAM | 5 | Atlanta’s W.N.B.A. team, named in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| 35% | ODETTA | 6 | Martin Luther King, Jr., called her the “Queen of American Folk Music” |
| 35% | QUO | 3 | "Every society has its protectors of the status ___": Martin Luther King Jr. |
| 35% | STONE | 5 | “The ___ of Hope” (centerpiece of the Martin Luther King, Jr., memorial) |
| 35% | HAVE | 4 | "I ___ a dream..." (famous speech by Martin Luther King, Jr.) |
| 35% | TIME | 4 | Magazine that named Martin Luther King Jr. "Person of the Year" for 1963 |
| 35% | CIVIL | 5 | ___ rights movement (what Martin Luther King, Jr. was a part of) |
| 34% | RONALDREAGAN | 12 | U.S. President who signed the bill making Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a federal holiday (2 wds.) |
| 34% | WINFIELD | 8 | Paul ___, "Sounder" actor who played Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1978 TV miniseries "King" |
| 34% | JEFFREY | 7 | ___ Wright, "Westworld" actor who played Martin Luther King Jr. in the 2001 TV film "Boycott" |
| 34% | RIOTS | 5 | Responses of "the unheard," per Martin Luther King Jr. |
| 34% | JEFFREYWRIGHT | 13 | "Westworld" actor who played Martin Luther King Jr. in the 2001 TV movie "Boycott" (2 wds.) |
| 34% | LETFREEDOMRING | 14 | Repeated phrase in Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech |
| 34% | DREAM | 5 | “I Have a ___” (famed speech by Martin Luther King, Jr.) |
| 34% | JACKSON | 7 | Samuel L. ___, "Pulp Fiction" actor who played Martin Luther King Jr. in the 2011 stage production "Mountaintop" |
| 33% | YOBA | 4 | Malik ___, "New York Undercover" actor who played Martin Luther King Jr. in the 2013 TV film "Betty & Coretta" |