LOS ANGELES — Capitalizing on winning Best Original Song at Sunday's Golden Globes, Common released the music video for the John Legend-assisted "Glory."
Common and Legend gave an emotional acceptance speech after locking down the Golden Globe accolade for the powerful civil rights song from Selma, the film about the 1965 voting rights marches led by Martin Luther King Jr.
"As I got to know the people of the civil rights movement, I realize I am the hopeful black woman who was denied her right to vote," Common said, referencing current events like the Ferguson unrest. "I am the caring white supporter killed on the front lines of freedomI am the unarmed black kid who maybe needed a hand but instead was given a bullet. I am the two fallen police officers murdered in the line of duty. Selma has awakened my humanity." Read more...
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