The historic Clayborn Temple, a landmark from the civil rights movement with ties to Martin Luther King Jr., caught fire, April 28, 2025, in Memphis, Tenn. Credit: AP/Karen Pulfer Focht ...

Clayborn Temple, a Memphis church hailed as an epicenter during the civil rights movement, has suffered significant damage after catching fire and burning during the early morning on April 28.

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. — A $1.5 million donation has been given to Clayborn Temple to be rebuilt after it was destroyed by fire that was intentionally set. The African American Cultural Heritage Acti… ...

Civil rights leader Martin Luther King III reminded the crowd that Clayborn Temple served as the epicenter of the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers’ Strike, the final campaign of his father’s life.

Firefighters douse the historic Clayborn Temple, a landmark from the civil rights movement with ties to Martin Luther King Jr., with water after it caught fire, April 28, 2025, in Memphis, Tenn ...

Firefighters douse the historic Clayborn Temple, a landmark from the civil rights movement with ties to Martin Luther King Jr., with water after it caught fire, April 28, 2025, in Memphis, Tenn ...

Firefighters douse the historic Clayborn Temple, a landmark from the civil rights movement with ties to Martin Luther King Jr., with water after it caught fire, April 28, 2025, in Memphis, Tenn ...

Firefighters douse the historic Clayborn Temple, a landmark from the civil rights movement with ties to Martin Luther King Jr., with water after it caught fire, April 28, 2025, in Memphis, Tenn ...

Firefighters douse the historic Clayborn Temple, a landmark from the civil rights movement with ties to Martin Luther King Jr., with water after it caught fire, April 28, 2025, in Memphis, Tenn ...

Firefighters douse the historic Clayborn Temple, a landmark from the civil rights movement with ties to Martin Luther King Jr., with water after it caught fire, April 28, 2025, in Memphis, Tenn ...