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Arson Investigation Underway After Fire Guts Historic Clayborn Temple, Halting $25M Restoration Effort
Prior to the fire, the Clayborn Temple was a historical church located in Memphis, known for hosting meetings for the 1968 ...
Fire that destroyed historic Clayborn Temple in Memphis was intentionally set, investigators say
The fire that destroyed the Clayborn Temple​, a historic Black church in downtown Memphis with ties to Martin Luther King Jr.
Fire that destroyed Clayborn Temple was 'intentional,' Memphis fire officials say
The Memphis Fire Department will continue its investigation to "apprehend who is responsible for setting the fire at the ...
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Leader of historic burned Memphis church says it's third fire tied to her family in weeks
The fire that left the historic Clayborn Temple in Downtown Memphis in ruins is being investigated as an arson. The church's ...
Fire at historic Black church in Memphis was intentionally set, investigators say
Investigators in Tennessee say a fire that severely damaged a historic Black church that served as the headquarters for a ...
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Fire that engulfed historic Black church in Memphis was intentional, investigators say
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A fire that severely damaged a historic Black church that served as the headquarters for a 1968 sanitation workers’ strike, which brought the Rev. Martin Luther King ...
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Historic Black Church Was Intentionally Set On Fire In Memphis
A fire that damaged the original infrastructure of a historically Black church in Tennessee was intentionally set, ...
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Fire at historic Black church in Memphis was intentionally set, investigators say
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A fire that severely damaged a historic Black church that served as the headquarters for a 1968 sanitation workers’ strike, which brought the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr ...