Conaway: We are Warriors, every one
“It’s the city, man,” the band’s leader, Ollie Liddell, answered when asked where that joy comes from, “the soul.”
Topic: Central High School
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May 2025
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Calkins: Incredibly, the Central High jazz band did it. They won the whole thing.
The Central High jazz band did it. They defeated bands from across the country — and around the world — to win the Essentially Ellington contest in New York. And, yes, there were many tears.
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Central High School jazz band returns triumphant from New York
After a stellar performance run in New York, The Central High School jazz band came home with a first-place win.
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Calkins: Central’s jazz band is playing Lincoln Center. And it’s thanks to y’all.
Ollie Liddell, the director of bands at Central High, wasn’t sure how his jazz band would get to the Essentially Ellington contest at Lincoln Center. Then Memphians came through for him.
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Calkins: Central High lights up the stage — and advances to finals in New York.
The Central High jazz band continued to blaze through New York, advancing to the finals of the Essentially Ellington contest. Said Ollie Liddell, the band’s director: “We play with the spirt of the city, man.”
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January 2025
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Calkins: Want to feel better about MSCS? I give you Ollie Liddell and his fabulous band.
Hundreds of high school jazz bands audition from all over the world to be invited to the Essentially Ellington contest in May. Only 30 bands make it — and guess where one of them is from.
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November 2024
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Teen charged in Central High shooting
A teenager is facing an attempted murder charge after allegedly shooting another student at Central High School on Monday, Nov. 18.
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Central High student in critical condition after shooting
Memphis police officers found a male victim in a parking lot behind Central High and transported him to Regional One Health in critical condition.
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August 2023
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Gallery: Central and Whitehaven face off
Central High School and Whitehaven High School went toe-to-toe at the Whitehaven Classic Saturday night with Whitehaven winning the season opener for both teams, 40-13.
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July 2023
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State’s largest teachers’ union sues over ‘prohibited concepts’ law
The Tennessee Education Association and five state educators including two affiliated with MSCS filed a lawsuit against the 2021 ‘prohibited concepts’ law, banning certain discussion surrounding race and gender in public and charter schools.
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March 2023
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Octogenarians share stories in ‘From Rock Around the Clock to TikTok’
More than a dozen members of Central High’s class of 1959 chronicle their up-close and personal views of the historic events of their generation.
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February 2023
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Crosstown Arts to launch first ‘Jazz Month’
Jazz Month at Crosstown Arts includes more than 40 jazz musicians and band performances, many of which are free.
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May 2022
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Photo Gallery: Spring Fling wraps up Day 3
Memphis schools compete in the track events at Spring Fling Day 3. Here’s a look.
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December 2021
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Memphis sons of immigrants, refugees win state soccer cup
Team of teens from Memphis neighborhoods counter “pay-to-play” youth sports machine with Play Where You Stay.
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February 2021
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Emotions mixed as SCS students head back to buildings
SCS teachers are preparing to be joined in their classrooms by students for the first time in nearly a year.
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June 2020
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‘I was white and it came with many privileges’
Lifelong best friends Zach Waters and Chris O'Conner are the same age and went to the same schools, but remember gradually discovering that one of them had to live more cautiously for a reason that confounded them.
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‘I could not do the same things my white brother could do’
Chris O'Conner learned at a young age that he and his best friend couldn't play with the same toys. One that looked like a knife "could cost little black boys their life."
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October 2019
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Student, her mother accuse Central High principal and SCS of civil rights abuses
A student with disabilities was left alone in a second-story classroom during a fire drill, and punished for using a cellphone to call her mother and the fire department, federal lawsuit alleges.
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