| 100% | MLK | 3 | Initials of the civil rights leader who gave the "I have a dream" speech |
| 68% | MLK | 3 | Initials of the civil rights leader who has a US holiday |
| 52% | MLK | 3 | "I have a dream" civil rights leader's initials |
| 50% | MLK | 3 | American civil rights activist famous for the speech, "I have A Dream": Abbr |
| 50% | MLK | 3 | Rev. who delivered the "I have a dream" speech |
| 47% | MLK | 3 | Civil rights leader who "had a dream": Abbr. |
| 47% | MLK | 3 | Initials of the civil rights leader honored in January |
| 46% | MLK | 3 | Initials of the civil rights leader whose holiday is celebrated in January |
| 45% | MLK | 3 | Initials of a civil rights leader depicted in "Selma" |
| 45% | MLK | 3 | Initials of a civil rights leader honored in January |
| 45% | MLKJR | 5 | "I have a dream" civil rights leader, for short: 2 wds. |
| 44% | 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 |
| 44% | 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. |
| 43% | DRKING | 6 | Deliverer of the "I Have a Dream" speech, informally |
| 42% | LBJ | 3 | Initials of the president who signed the Civil Rights Act |
| 41% | KINGSMENTION | 12 | Passing reference in the "I Have a Dream" speech? |
| 41% | MLK | 3 | He delivered the "I have a dream ..." speech: Abbr. |
| 41% | MLK | 3 | He delivered the "I Have a Dream" speech: Abbr. |
| 41% | VVEBDUBOIS | 10 | Historian, essayist and civil rights leader who was the first African American to receive a doctorate at Harvard |
| 41% | LBJ | 3 | Initials of the president who signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 |
| 41% | MLK | 3 | Initials of a celebrated US civil rights leader |
| 41% | BAYARD | 6 | ___ Rustin, African-American civil rights leader who was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom |
| 40% | LBJ | 3 | Initials of the president who signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law |
| 40% | IDABWELLS | 9 | Civil rights leader who co-founded the N.A.A.C.P. |
| 40% | MALCOLMX | 8 | African-American civil rights leader who is celebrated annually on the third Friday of May: 2 wds. |
| 40% | 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 |
| 40% | MARTIN | 6 | ___ Luther King Jr., African-American civil rights leader who is celebrated annually on the third Monday of January |
| 39% | FREEATLAST | 10 | Final words of MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech |
| 39% | MLK | 3 | Civil rights figure who "had a dream": Abbr. |
| 39% | MLK | 3 | Initials of the civil rights legend honored in January |