As if trying to make up for the middling in-between material, last night's Oscar winners dished out some surprising and eloquent speeches. There were few laundry lists — rambling off the names of every agent and publicist. Instead, the awards
Last night will be remembered as the social justice Oscars, with big winners like Patricia Arquette and Alejandro González Iñárritu using their podium time to address gender and racial inequality. But John Legend may have given the quote of the night
While accepting an Oscar for a song from the movie "Selma" Sunday night, singer John Legend claimed that "there are more black men under correctional control today than were under slavery in 1850." PolitiFact Rhode
In his acceptance speech for Best Original Song on Sunday night at the Oscars — "Glory," from the film "Selma" — John Legend touched on several social justice issues, including the United States' high incarceration rates. "We live in the most
"Recently John and I got to perform 'Glory' on the same bridge Dr. King marched on 50 years ago," Common said in his acceptance speech. "The spirit of this bridge transcends race, religion, sexual orientation, social status and connects a kid from the