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The Wakeness of Marcus Garvey

Duke Ellington told Aretha Franklin to be herself now. He even offered to write some songs specifically for her to record. Was she accepted as herself? We're tracking how wokeness went from Marcus Garvey to childish Gambino on Today Explained.

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