King was drawn to Memphis in 1968 to support some 1,300 predominantly Black sanitation workers who went on strike to protest inhumane treatment.

A historic Black church in Memphis, Tennessee, that was an organizing point for Martin Luther King's last civil rights campaign caught fire early on Monday morning and was badly damaged. The inside of ...

The site was a key meeting spot for the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike and hosted Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

A fire destroyed the historic civil rights temple in Memphis, a landmark of the 1968 Sanitation Workers’ Strike.

The site was a key meeting spot for the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike and hosted Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Historic Clayborn Temple in Memphis, a key location during the 1968 Sanitation Workers' Strike and Civil Rights Movement, was ravaged by fire on April 28. Community members and leaders expressed grief ...

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.

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 ...

Jordan King is a Newsweek reporter based in London, U.K. Her current focus is on religion, health, food safety and population. She has covered the persecution of religions in the global south ...

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.

A historic Black church in downtown Memphis that was the organizing point for Martin Luther King Jr.'s final stand has suffered a devastating fire MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- A historic Black church in ...