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Before the fire, the Clayborn Temple was undergoing a $25 million restoration that was slated for completion in 2026.
The site was a key meeting spot for the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike and hosted Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Authorities are investigating the cause of a fire that destroyed the historic Clayborne Temple in Memphis, Tennessee.
A historic Black church in Memphis, Tennessee, that was an organizing point for Martin Luther King's last civil rights ...
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A fire broke out at a historical landmark early Monday in Downtown Memphis. Memphis Fire Department ...
A fire destroyed the historic civil rights temple in Memphis, a landmark of the 1968 Sanitation Workers’ Strike.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The Clayborn Temple Church in Downtown Memphis went up in flames early Monday morning. The second-alarm fire was reported just before 1:40 a.m. at the historic church and civil rights ...
A historic Black church in downtown Memphis that was the organizing point for Martin Luther King Jr.’s final campaign in 1968 caught fire early Monday morning and suffered significant damage.
(AP) — A historic Black church in downtown Memphis that was the organizing point for Martin Luther King Jr.’s final campaign in 1968 caught fire early Monday morning and suffered significant ...