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Country blues legend Lead Belly is credited with the earliest woke reference

The Song “Scottsboro Boys” describes what happened in 1931 when 9 Black teenagers were accused of raping two white women in Scottsboro, Arkansas.

“I made this little song about down there,” Lead Belly says. “So I advise everybody, be a little careful — best stay woke, keep their eyes open.”
https://adeptales.com/2021/03/war-on-woke/

Mediocre pundit forced to retire at 65.

If every football pundit worked till they were 65, he'd never have got taken on. Sorry, Mark, you're not getting a go till 2005, when Paddy Crerand turns 66.

MILK

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Sleep is woke

UK goes woke as average Briton ditches late nights for early mornings by going to sleep 20 minutes earlier than 2020

https://www.gbnews.com/news/uk-woke-dit ... -from-home