Glory #BHM

I bet when they performed this at the Grammys and again, at the Oscars; there was not one 

dry eye in the audience.

Oprah and David Oyelowo who appeared in the film, David as Dr MLK

The song composed by none other than two of music's greatest John Legend and Common for the Civil Rights movie, Selma nabbed an Oscar for Best Original Song. 

During their performance at the Oscars, the two artists recreated a scene from the movie with the Edmund Pettus Bridge  featuring as their backdrop.

It was a truly mesmerizing performance as it spared no victims. Ever star that was in the room felt the strengthen of the message delivered by the song. My favourite part was when a large of African-American background actors emerged walking across the stage conveying the similarity of the 600 people that trekked from Selma to Montgomery almost 50 years ago in 1965 as a part of the 1960 Civil Rights Movement.

Chris Pine was definitely emotional

The Oscars become politics for the night and it was tremendous, to be honest! To add on to the greatness that filled the room was Harry Belafonte, who had taken part in the original march on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in 1965.

Harry with Dr. MLK. 

Common and Legend's riveting speeches were definitely tearjerkers completed with definite rawness. This has got to be my all-time favorite Oscar show...it truly was one for the books.

Remember the past and never forget what it was


Witness first the best live performance ever that speaks of voting rights and the heroes that led them and the problems that we face today. 

Then speeches that are about the mass incarceration of black men, struggle for justice for all and the voting rights.

Common and Legend with Oyelowo and Oprah

Congratulations Common and Legend for achieving your first Oscar nomination and win. Also congratulations for taking home Best Original Song at the Critics' Choice Movie Awards, Golden Globe Awards, and the African American Film Critics Association. 

You wrote a heartwarming, truth and gut-wrenching song for the generations that will come after us.