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Welcome to the MELS High School!
Welcome to the MELS High School!
Expedition: "Carry it on"
Expedition: "Carry it on"
The Tradition, by Assata Shakur
The Tradition, by Assata Shakur
Carry it on now.
Carry it on now.
Carry it on.
Carry it on.
Carry it on now.
Carry it on now.
Carry it on.
Carry it on.
Carry on the tradition.
Carry on the tradition.
Their were Black People since the childhood of time
Their were Black People since the childhood of time
who carried it on.
who carried it on.
In Ghana and Mali and Timbuktu
In Ghana and Mali and Timbuktu
We carried it on.
We carried it on.
Carried on the tradition.
Carried on the tradition.
We hid in the bush.
We hid in the bush.
When the slave masters came
When the slave masters came
holding spear
holding spear
And when the moment was ripe,
And when the moment was ripe,
leaped out and lanced the lifeblood
leaped out and lanced the lifeblood
of our would-be masters.
of our would-be masters.
We carried it on.
We carried it on.
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On slave ships,
On slave ships,
hurling ourselves into oceans.
hurling ourselves into oceans.
Slitting the throats of our captors.
Slitting the throats of our captors.
We took their whips.
We took their whips.
And their ships
And their ships
Blood flowed in the Atlantic
Blood flowed in the Atlantic
and it wasn’t all ours.
and it wasn’t all ours.
We carried it on.
We carried it on.
Fed Missy arsenic apple pies.
Fed Missy arsenic apple pies.
Stole the axes from the shed.
Stole the axes from the shed.
Went and chopped off master’s head.
Went and chopped off master’s head.
We ran. We fought.
We ran. We fought.
We organized a railroad.
We organized a railroad.
An underground.
An underground.
We carried it on.
We carried it on.
In newspapers. In meetings.
In newspapers. In meetings.
In arguments and street fights.
In arguments and street fights.
We carried it on.
We carried it on.
In tales told to children.
In tales told to children.
In chants and cantatas.
In chants and cantatas.
In poems and blues songs
In poems and blues songs
and saxophone screams,
and saxophone screams,
We carried it on.
We carried it on.
In classrooms. In churches.
In classrooms. In churches.
In courtrooms. In prisons.
In courtrooms. In prisons.
We carried it on.
We carried it on.
On soapboxes and picket lines.
On soapboxes and picket lines.
Welfare lines, unemployment
Welfare lines, unemployment
Our lives on the line,
Our lives on the line,
We carried it on.
We carried it on.
In sit-ins and pray ins
In sit-ins and pray ins
And march ins and die ins,
And march ins and die ins,
We carried it on.
We carried it on.
On cold Missouri midnights
On cold Missouri midnights
Pitting shotguns against lynch mobs
Pitting shotguns against lynch mobs
On burning Brooklyn streets
On burning Brooklyn streets
Pitting rocks against rifles,
Pitting rocks against rifles,
We carried it on.
We carried it on.
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Against water hoses and bulldogs. >
Against water hoses and bulldogs. >
Against nightsticks and bullets.
Against nightsticks and bullets.
Against tanks and tear gas.
Against tanks and tear gas.
Needles and nooses.
Needles and nooses.
Bombs and birth control.
Bombs and birth control.
We carried it on.
We carried it on.
In Selma and San Juan.
In Selma and San Juan.
Mozambique, Mississippi.
Mozambique, Mississippi.
In Brazil and in Boston,
In Brazil and in Boston,
We carried it on.
We carried it on.
Through the lies and the sell-outs,
Through the lies and the sell-outs,
The mistakes and the madness.
The mistakes and the madness.
Through pain and hunger and frustration,
Through pain and hunger and frustration,
We carried it on.
We carried it on.
Carried on the tradition.
Carried on the tradition.
Carried a strong tradition.
Carried a strong tradition.
Carried a proud tradition.
Carried a proud tradition.
Carried a Black tradition.
Carried a Black tradition.
Carry it on.
Carry it on.
Pass it down to the children.
Pass it down to the children.
Pass it down.
Pass it down.
Carry it on.
Carry it on.
Carry it on now.
Carry it on now.
Carry it on
Carry it on
TO FREEDOM!
TO FREEDOM!
9th grade Office Hours on Thursday afternoons!
9th grade Office Hours on Thursday afternoons!
There are TWO 45 minutes blocks of Office Hours every Thursday afternoon.
1:20-2:05p
Global History (Remote Only)
English (Remote and In Person )
Earth Science (Remote and In Person )
Math (In Person Only)
2:05-2:50p
Living Environment (Remote and In Person )
As well as 8:30a on Tuesday
Math (Remote and In Person )
Global History (In Person Only)
Math (Remote Only)
English (In Person Only)
French (Remote Only)
By appointment Only
Health
Visual Art
Spanish
**Please check the "9th grade Resources" tab on the Class of 2024 Google Classroom for all the zoom links for Office Hours**
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