| 100% | ANN | 3 | Jo ___ Robinson, civil rights activist who was a central figure in the Montgomery bus boycott |
| 52% | LUCILLE | 7 | Civil-rights activist Times who was instrumental in the Montgomery bus boycott |
| 48% | MEDGAREVERS | 11 | Civil rights activist who was a posthumous recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2024: 2 wds. |
| 41% | ROSA | 4 | Civil rights activist Parks whose famous bus is in the Henry Ford Museum |
| 39% | ROSAPARKS | 9 | The central figure of the Montgomery bus boycott |
| 37% | ROSA | 4 | ___ Parks, African-American civil rights activist who was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal |
| 37% | JOHNLEWIS | 9 | Congressperson and civil rights activist who was awarded the 2016 27-Across (2 wds.) |
| 37% | MALCOLMX | 8 | Civil rights activist who promoted Islam in the Black community: 2 wds. |
| 36% | TIBETAN | 7 | The Dalai Lama is a central figure in __ Buddhism |
| 36% | DIANENASH | 9 | Civil rights activist who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2022: 2 wds. |
| 36% | MEDGAR | 6 | Evers who was a Mississippi Civil Rights activist |
| 35% | MENDEZ | 6 | Civil rights activist Sylvia who was awarded a Presidential Medal of Freedom |
| 34% | ROSAPARKS | 9 | Civil rights leader who was awarded the NAACP's Spingarn Medal in 1979: 2 wds. |
| 32% | ANNPRESTON | 10 | American physician and activist who was the first female dean of a medical school in the world: 2 wds. |
| 32% | CAITLYNJENNER | 13 | Transgender rights activist who was named Glamour Woman of the Year in 2015: 2 wds. |
| 32% | JOHNLEWIS | 9 | Politician and civil rights leader who was awarded the Spingarn Medal in 2002: 2 wds. |
| 32% | ANN | 3 | Civil rights activist Jo ___ Robinson |
| 32% | ERNESTINE | 9 | Human rights activist Eckstein who is profiled in Season 4 of the "Making Gay History" podcast |
| 32% | ROSEANNEBARR | 12 | 1990s sitcom star who was the subject of a Comedy Central Roast in 2012: 2 wds. |
| 32% | ROSA | 4 | Parks who's known for her role in the Montgomery bus boycott |
| 31% | ROSAPARKS | 9 | Civil Rights activist known for bus boycott |
| 31% | WEI | 3 | ___ Jingsheng, human rights activist now in the USA, who spent 18 years jailed as a Chinese political prisoner |
| 31% | IMMANUELKANT | 12 | A German philosopher who is considered a central figure in modern philosophy: 2 wds |
| 31% | JAMESFRANCO | 11 | "The Interview" star who was the subject of a Comedy Central Roast in 2013: 2 wds. |
| 31% | DONALDTRUMP | 11 | "The Apprentice" host who was the subject of a Comedy Central Roast in 2011: 2 wds. |
| 31% | IDABWELLS | 9 | Journalist, suffragist, and civil rights activist who co-founded the NAACP |
| 31% | LEWIS | 5 | Civil rights activist John who became a US congressman |
| 31% | HELEN | 5 | Keller who was a disability rights activist |
| 31% | ROSA | 4 | Parks who was a civil rights trailblazer |
| 31% | ROSA | 4 | Parks who is a civil rights hero |