| SUSANBANTHONY | Civil rights activist who was the first woman commemorated on a US dollar coin (5,1,7) |
| DIME | One tenth of a US dollar (4) |
| CENT | One-hundredth of a US dollar (4) |
| NICKEL | One twentieth of a US dollar |
| CAITLYNJENNER | Transgender rights activist who was named Glamour Woman of the Year in 2015: 2 wds. |
| JAMESBALDVVIN | Novelist and civil rights activist who wrote "Go Tell It on the Mountain" |
| WEBINARDUBOIS | Civil-rights activist who taught classes online? |
| GRETATHUNBERG | Swedish environmental activist who was named Glamour Woman of the Year in 2019: 2 wds. |
| ANN | Jo ___ Robinson, civil rights activist who was a central figure in the Montgomery bus boycott |
| LUTHER | Martin _ King Jr, US civil rights activist who was assassinated in 1968 (6) |
| YOKOONO | Later a multimedia artist and activist, who was the first woman admitted into the philosophy course at Tokyo's Gakushuin University, in 1952? (4,3) |
| MALCOLMX | US Muslim minister and human rights activist who was assassinated in New York in 1965 (7,1) |
| BETTY | American feminist writer and activist who was the first president of the National Organization for Women (5,7) |
| FRIEDAN | American feminist writer and activist who was the first president of the National Organization for Women (5,7) |
| ROY | Civil rights leader Wilkins, who will be commemorated on a U.S. stamp next year |
| AFSHIN | Nazanin ___Jam (Human rights activist who was Miss World Canada in 2003) |
| NYLE | ___ DiMarco model and deaf activist who was the winner of season 22 of Dancing With The Stars |
| DESMONDTUTU | Anti-apartheid activist who was the first black Bishop of Johannesburg (7,4) |
| LENAHORNE | American singer, dancer, actress and civil rights activist who joined the chorus of the Cotton Club at the age of 16 in 1933 (4,5) |
| MALCOLM | First name of a civil rights activist who would turn 85 today, and whose adopted last name is a hint to this puzzle's theme |
