In honor of Black History Month…

“Woke” is an appropriated term that has become a colloquialism loosely meaning “having a moral compass” in the face of systemic oppression. Its original usage was “stay woke,” unintentionally coined by blues musician Lead Belly.

In a 1938 he was recording his song “Scottsboro Boys,” ending it with spoken word about the song’s meaning.

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