The Clayborn Temple Church in Memphis, with 130 years of history, went up in flames on April 28. The Downtown Memphis historic church and birthplace of an iconic Civil Rights Movement caught fire ...

Clayborn Temple in downtown Memphis, the organizing point for Martin Luther King Jr.'s final campaign in 1968, caught fire early Monday morning.

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 ...

MEMPHIS, TN — Large portions of the historic Clayborn Temple in downtown Memphis, a key meeting spot for the 1968 Memphis sanitation workers strike that brought Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Following the devastating fire at Historic Clayborn Temple on April 28, 2025, the community is being called together for a special event: “Picking Up the Ashes: A Gathering ...

Firefighters outside the historic Clayborn Temple, a landmark from the Civil Rights Movement with ties to Martin Luther King Jr., after it caught fire Monday, April 28, 2025, in Memphis, Tenn ...

Clayborn Temple will be rebuilt. That was the message on May 28 as hundreds of people — civil rights leaders, Memphis officials, nonprofit directors, tourists and residents — stood before the ...

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 ...

The Clayborn Temple hosted nightly meetings and the campaign’s iconic “I AM A MAN” posters were made in its basement. The temple was also a staging point for marches to City Hall.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The historic Clayborn Temple in downtown Memphis, a landmark with ties to Dr. Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights movement, caught on fire early Monday morning. Officers say ...