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AchievementFebruary 22, 2015· music

Common and John Legend win Oscar for Glory from Selma

Common and John Legend won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for Glory, written for Ava DuVernay's Selma. Their acceptance speech — delivered on the 50th anniversary of the Selma marches — connected the civil rights movement directly to Ferguson and contemporary Black Lives Matter protests in one of the most politically charged Oscar moments in decades.