You knew John Legend’s acceptance speech for Best Song at the Oscars was going to be good when he quoted Nina Simone and said, "It’s an artist’s duty to relflect the tmes in which we live." From there, he called out the attacks on voting rights and racial disparities in incarceration. His performance with Common of the "Selma" theme song "Glory" was the night’s most moving moment, but his speech really brought down the house.

First, here’s Common and John Legend’s powerful performance:

 And here are the speeches that followed:

 

Alejandro González Iñárritu, director of "Birdman," which closed out the night by winning the award for Best Picture, managed to overcome Sean Penn’s racist "Who gave this son of a bitch a green card?" joke and called for "dignity and respect for immigrants" in his speech: