John Legend and Common Win OSCAR for Best Original Song for SELMA's 'Glory'

John Stephens (John Legend) and Lonnie Lynn (Common) have won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Glory" from the film SELMA.

Ava DuVernay's biopic of Dr. Martin LUTHER King, Jr., SELMA hit theaters on December 25 in a limited release before expanding nationwide on January 9, 2015.

Starring David Oyelowo, Tom Wilkinson, Cuba Gooding Jr., Alessandro Nivola, Giovanni Ribisi Common, Carmen Ejogo, Lorraine Toussaint, Tim Roth and Oprah Winfrey, the film chronicles the tumultuous three-month period in 1965, when Dr. Martin LUTHER King, Jr. led a dangerous campaign to secure equal voting rights in the face of violent opposition.

The epic march from Selma to Montgomery culminated in President Johnson (Tom Wilkinson) signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the most significant victories for the civil rights movement. Selma tells the story of how the revered leader and visionary Dr. Martin LUTHER King, Jr. (David Oyelowo) and his brothers and sisters in the movement prompted change that forever altered history.

Watch a performance of the song below: