Glory - from the soundtrack of Selma

Glory

And the performance at the Academy Awards

The Selma to Montgomery marches were three protest marches, held in 1965, along the 54-mile (87 km) highway from Selma, Alabama to the state capital of Montgomery. The marches were organized by nonviolent activists to demonstrate the desire of African American citizens to exercise their constitutional right to vote, in defiance of segregationist repression; they were part of a broader voting rights movement underway in Selma and throughout the American South. By highlighting racial injustice, they contributed to passage that year of the Voting Rights Act, a landmark federal achievement of the civil rights movement.

The song, written for the soundtrack of the Film "Selma" is outstanding any way you look at it.  Inspirational, motivational and emotional, the song is one of the best of the best.