68.3% of matchups won
571 matchups
Elo 1510
tracked 2025/05/24 → 2026/10/19
mission: Advance racial equality · Civil rights activism · politicians · philosophers
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing70%
picked as helping wellbeing
460 matchups
62%
picked as hurting wellbeing
111 matchups
On balance people see it as helping.
Who rates it higher
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Rating over time
Elo, 7-day average · history as of 2025-08-29Related
Similar people
01
Frederick Douglass
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62.6% wins · African-American social reformer, writer, and abolitionist (c. 1818–1895)
02
Robert F. Kennedy
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67.1% wins · United States politician
03
Douglas Wilder
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77.0% wins · American politician
04
Cornel West
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70.2% wins · American philosopher, political activist and writer (born 1953)
05
Malcolm X
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63.9% wins · American Black rights activist (1925–1965)
Known for
- Helped found NAACP
- Published The Souls of Black Folk
- Led Pan-African Congress
- Edited The Crisis magazine
- Coined 'Talented Tenth' concept
Based on 571 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/10/19. Full rankings ·
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