Civil rights attorney Deborah Vagins didn’t catch this year’s Academy Award ceremony. But she knew something big had happened, as her email inbox was filled with notes from her colleagues about singer John Legend’s mention of the Voting Right Act during an acceptance speech Sunday night. “We know that the Voting Rights Act that they fought…

Craig Sjodin / ABC via Getty Images After Common and John Legend won the Oscar for Best Original Song for their hit “Glory” from the civil rights film Selma, both men decided to use their acceptance speech to address injustice in the contemporary world as a parallel to the subject matter of the song and the…

How dare John Legend bring up the Voting Rights Act at the Academy Awards after winning an Oscar? The gabblers on GOP TV’s Outnumbered just couldn’t abide. Raw Story: “We know that the Voting Rights Act that they fought for 50 years ago is being compromised now in this country today,” Legend had said after winning…