62.6% of matchups won
3,864 matchups
Elo 1471
tracked 2025/05/17 → 2025/07/27
mission: Advance civil rights and equality · Civil rights advocacy · politicians
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing63%
picked as helping wellbeing
2,908 matchups
63%
picked as hurting wellbeing
956 matchups
People are split on it.
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Rating over time
Elo, 7-day average · history as of 2025-08-29Related
Similar people
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W. E. B. Du Bois
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68.3% wins · American sociologist and activist (1868–1963)
02
Douglas Wilder
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77.0% wins · American politician
03
Andrew Young
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71.2% wins · American politician, diplomat, activist and pastor
04
Robert F. Kennedy
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67.1% wins · United States politician
05
Martin Luther King Jr.
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66.2% wins · American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929–1968)
Known for
- Escaped slavery
- Published autobiographies
- Fought for women's rights
- Founded abolitionist newspaper
- Served as U.S. diplomat
Based on 3,864 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2025/07/27. Full rankings ·
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