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American novelist, short story writer (1937–2017)
The word “woke” originated in African American English as a call to be alert to racial injustice and political consciousness; it appears in Black vernacular and cultural records at least as far back a...
The adjective “woke” originated in African American Vernacular English (AAVE) as a call to stay alert to racial injustice, with documented uses at least as early as the 1920s–1940s and explicit politi...
The word “woke” originated as African American English meaning alertness to racial injustice in the early- to mid-20th century and re-entered broad U.S. public usage in the 2010s, especially after 201...
The phrase “stay woke” began as African American vernacular urging vigilance about racial injustice and community threats, with documented uses as early as the 1920s–1930s and a 1962 New York Times es...