Part of the fire-damaged remains of Clayborn Temple collapsed due to strong winds and severe storm conditions, the Memphis Fire Department says. At 9:30 Wednesday night, the ...

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Clayborn Temple in Memphis is known for the 1968 march for sanitation workers’ rights with Dr. King - four days after he was ...

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

As smoke still lingers over the city’s skyline, many are mourning but also rallying to preserve the legacy that was built within its walls of Clayborn Temple Church.

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

Clayborn Temple played a significant role in the civil rights movement in Memphis and the United States. The sanitation ...

A historic Black church in downtown Memphis that was the organizing point for Martin Luther King Jr.’s final campaign caught ...

The historic Clayborn Temple was destroyed in a Monday morning fire in Memphis. It was a landmark of the Civil Rights movement and was a gathering place of striking sanitation workers in 1968.

A historic Black church in Memphis, Tennessee, that was an organizing point for Martin Luther King's last civil rights ...