This is the main article you're looking for. Read this first! It goes all the way back to the 30's.

A history of “wokeness”
Stay woke: How a Black activist watchword got co-opted in the culture war.
https://www.vox.com/culture/21437879/stay-woke-wokeness-history-origin-evolution-controversy

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Here's an article from 2018, entitled "To Be Black And #Woke Is To Be In A Rage All The Time"
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/opinion-mike-brown-rage-racism_n_5b6992cee4b0de86f4a52959
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I'm absolutely not a fan Deray McKesson, but this is from 2016:

Question-Why is it so powerful when artists like Kendrick and Beyoncé speak out about these issues in their music?

Answer-We aren’t born woke. Something wakes us up. For some people, that’s a video of police violence, or their proximity to a friend, or a protest. For some people it’s art. There are many ways that people begin to understand the world better and deeper, and music is one of those ways...

link: https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/1318-black-lives-matters-deray-mckesson-on-the-power-of-protest-music/