| 100% | ODETTA | 6 | Martin Luther King, Jr., called her the “Queen of American Folk Music” |
| 57% | ODETTA | 6 | Singer whom M.L.K. Jr. called the "queen of American folk music" |
| 54% | ODETTA | 6 | "The queen of American folk music" |
| 51% | TIME | 4 | Magazine that named Martin Luther King Jr. "Person of the Year" for 1963 |
| 50% | MARTIN | 6 | ___ Luther King, Jr., American activist of the Civil Rights Movement |
| 50% | GIVEUSTHEBALLOT | 15 | 1957 Martin Luther King, Jr., speech that called for voting rights for African Americans |
| 49% | NATIONALMALL | 12 | Site of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial |
| 49% | MONTGOMERYBUS | 13 | ___ Boycott, protest campaign in which Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the key leaders: 2 wds. |
| 46% | RIOT | 4 | "Language of the unheard," per Martin Luther King Jr. |
| 44% | SPEECH | 6 | Martin Luther King, Jr.,’s “Give Us the Ballot,” for one |
| 43% | MARTIN | 6 | ___ Luther King Jr., African-American civil rights leader who is celebrated annually on the third Monday of January |
| 43% | ODETTA | 6 | She sang at the march where Martin Luther King Jr. made his "I Have a Dream" speech |
| 43% | DAY | 3 | Follower of Martin Luther King Jr. |
| 43% | CIVIL | 5 | ___ rights movement (what Martin Luther King, Jr. was a part of) |
| 42% | RIOTS | 5 | Responses of "the unheard," per Martin Luther King Jr. |
| 41% | 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 |
| 41% | ATLANTAGEORGIA | 14 | Birth city of Martin Luther King Jr. (2 wds.) |
| 41% | IHAVEADREAM | 11 | Informal title of the famous speech delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. in 1963 (4 wds.) |
| 41% | STONE | 5 | “The ___ of Hope” (centerpiece of the Martin Luther King, Jr., memorial) |
| 40% | QUO | 3 | "Every society has its protectors of the status ___": Martin Luther King Jr. |
| 39% | TUTU | 4 | Desmond of South Africa, who received the Martin Luther King, Jr. Nonviolent Peace Prize in Atlanta in 1986 |
| 39% | ATLANTA | 7 | Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthplace |
| 39% | SOUTHERNBAPTIST | 15 | Martin Luther King Jr., e.g. |
| 39% | ORATOR | 6 | Martin Luther King Jr., for one |
| 39% | BAPTISTMINISTER | 15 | Martin Luther King Jr., e.g. |
| 39% | DREAM | 5 | Martin Luther King Jr. had one |
| 39% | BAPTISTS | 8 | Martin Luther King Jr. and others |
| 39% | ATLANTAN | 8 | Martin Luther King Jr., for one |
| 39% | FREEATLAST | 10 | Final words of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech |
| 39% | RFK | 3 | Deliverer of a noted speech upon the death of Martin Luther King Jr. (4/4/1968), in brief |