William Melvin Kelley
William Melvin Kelley (November 1, 1937 – February 1, 2017) was an African-American novelist and short-story writer. He is perhaps best known for his debut novel, ''A Different Drummer'', published in 1962. He was also a university professor and creative writing instructor. In 2008, he received the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Lifetime Achievement. Kelley is credited with being the first to commit the term "woke" to print, in the title of a 1962 ''New York Times'' op-ed on the use of African-American slang by beatniks: "If You're Woke, You Dig It". Provided by Wikipedia
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