“Glory,” John Legend and Common’s stirring anthem from “Selma,” won the Academy Award for original song Sunday evening at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. Widely tipped to take the Oscar, the song ...

Lots of people have called it racist that the black female director of the civil rights drama “Selma,” Ava DuVernay, didn’t get an Oscar nomination. But rapper Common, who co-wrote the movie’s ...