The Memphis church pivotal in Martin Luther King Jr.'s final days suffers a devastating fire

Early morning fire destroys Clayborn Temple Church in Downtown Memphis

The Clayborn Temple Church in Downtown Memphis went up in flames early Monday morning.

Landmark Clayborn Temple total loss after pre-dawn fire

“If history teaches us anything, it’s this: Clayborn Temple will rise again, because its foundation was never merely physical. It was spiritual. It was communal. And that foundation cannot be burned,” said NCRM President Russ Wigginton.

Clayborn Temple, Historic Landmark In Memphis With Ties To Martin Luther King Jr., Catches Fire

Source: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / Getty A historic landmark in downtown Memphis with ties to the Civil Rights movement tragically caught fire on Monday morning. According to WREG, the Memphis Fire Department and the ATF are still investigating what caused Clayborn Temple, a place of worship at the intersection of Hernando Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, to be engulfed in flames. In the meantime, community leaders in Memphis are left reeling…

Fire destroys Clayborn Temple, historic Memphis church with ties to MLK and Civil Rights Movement

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

Memphis church key to Martin Luther King's last campaign destroyed by fire

(Reuters) - 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.

Historic Memphis church with ties to Civil Rights movement destroyed in fire

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Historic Clayborn Temple in downtown Memphis, a landmark with ties to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights movement, caught fire early Monday morning. Officers say they were called a little after 1:30 a.m. to the church fire at the intersection of Hernando Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, steps away from FedExForum. The Memphis church pivotal in Martin Luther King Jr.’s final days suffers a devastati…