| 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 |
| ASIO | Abbreviation of the name of a civil order made against one found guilty of unfriendly or yobbish acts (4) |
| YOGIBERRA | Baseball Hall of Famer who would be 100 today, and whose insights are noted at 17-, 24-, 39- and 51-Across |
| DOTHATTOME | "___ One More Time" (1974 #1 hit for Captain and Tennille; Toni Tennille turns 85 today) |
| SHEEN | Martin who turns 85 today |
| SUMTER | Name of a Civil War fort |
| MLK | Epithet for a civil-rights activist honored each January who said, "The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and racism" |
| PAULROBESON | African-American athlete, singer and actor who became a civil rights activist (4,7) |
| ODAY | Adopted last name of singer Anita Colton (it's pig Latin for what she hoped to make) |
| MALCOLMX | Spike Lee movie about a civil rights activist |
| KENT | Superman's adopted last name |
| CHUCKBERRY | One of the original Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, whose name is a hint to the answers to the |
| NOELNEILL | Lois Lane player of early TV, whose first name is a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| LILYTOMLIN | "All of Me" actress whose first name is a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 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) |
| SUSANBANTHONY | Civil rights activist who was the first woman commemorated on a US dollar coin (5,1,7) |
| MISTERED | Talking horse in an old TV sitcom, whose given name is a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| CHARLES | The name of a British king who ended up on the wrong side of a civil war |
| HATECRIME | Subject of a civil-rights investigation |
| CONDENSEDMLK | CliffsNotes bio of a civil rights leader? |
