66.2% of matchups won
801 matchups
Elo 1532
tracked 2025/05/17 → 2026/10/28
mission: Achieve racial equality through nonviolence · Civil rights movement · politicians
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing77%
picked as helping wellbeing
613 matchups
31%
picked as hurting wellbeing
188 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
Malcolm X
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63.9% wins · American Black rights activist (1925–1965)
02
Martin Luther
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47.6% wins · German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
03
Jesse Jackson
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70.3% wins · American Baptist minister, activist, civil rights leader,...
04
Al Sharpton
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71.5% wins · American Baptist minister, activist and talk show host
05
Robert F. Kennedy
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67.1% wins · United States politician
Known for
- Nobel Peace Prize
- Montgomery bus boycott
- March on Washington
- Voting Rights Act
- Civil Rights Act
Based on 801 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/10/28. Full rankings ·
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