| SOJOURNERTRUTH | Assumed name of 19th-century US civil rights activist Isabella Baumfree |
| SOJOURNER | Born into slavery, the intrepid Isabella Baumfree changed her name to ___ Truth |
| PIERCE | Last name of 19th-century US president Franklin |
| EMILY | What was the first name of 19th-century American poet Ms Dickinson? (5) |
| STENDHAL | Pen name of 19th-century French writer Marie-henri Beyle (8) |
| JULES | First name of 19th-century French author Verne (5) |
| BILLY | and 9ac, Nickname of 19th-century US outlaw Henry McCarty, aka William H Bonney |
| THEKID | Nickname of 19th-century US outlaw Henry Mccarty, aka William H Bonney (5,3,3) |
| DAVENPORT | Surname of 19th century US magician brothers who predated Houdini with rope tricks |
| DOLEZAL | Rachel ___, controversial US civil rights activist now known as Nkechi Amare Diallo (7) |
| ROSA | Late US civil rights activist famed for the Montgomery bus boycott, _ Parks (4) |
| IDAWELLS | US civil rights activist swilled a cocktail (3,5) |
| LUTHER | Martin _ King Jr, US civil rights activist who was assassinated in 1968 (6) |
| KING | US civil rights activist, assassinated 1968 (4) |
| JESSEJACKSON | US civil rights activist who mounted Democratic presidential nomination campaigns in 1984 and 1988 |
| JESSE | US civil rights activist who mounted presidential campaigns in 1984 and 1988 (5) |
| JACKSON | US civil rights activist who mounted presidential campaigns in 1984 and 1988 (7) |
| LASTCHANCE | Phrase in the names of 19th-century saloons bordering dry areas |
| SHAW | An old or dialect word for a copse, thicket or woodland; Scots for the leafy top of a potato/turnip; or, an assumed name of Lawrence of Arabia (4) |
| ALIAS | Assumed name of a type of limestone |
