Glory

Last week nominations for Oscars were announced. One of the biggest surprise and controversy was lack of people of color in acting categories. Many were surprised that  David Oyelowo didn't get a nomination for portraying Martin Luther King in Selma. 

Selma is a movie about Selma to Montgomery marches of 1965. They were part of the Selma Voting Rights Movement and led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act.  

                                        

As I haven't seen the movie, it's hard for me to tell if the actor deserved a nomination. However, the song from this movie has a nomination and I'm hoping for it to win. I came across the song as I was doing research for my paper. I probably won't use it, but I really like it. 

The song performed by John Legend and Common(who also stars in the movie) have been described as a protest song. It mentions many well-known figures like Rosa Parks or Jim Crow and also connects MLK and Selma with Ferguson.

 

It is also worth noticing that the song have already won a Golden Globe for the Best Original Score and after receiving the award Common delivered an beautiful speech: 

"I am the hopeful black woman who was denied her right to vote. I am the caring white supporter, killed on the front lines of freedom. I am the unarmed black kid, who maybe needed a hand, but instead was given a bullet. I am the two fallen police officers murdered on the line of duty.

Selma has awakened my humanity."