King was drawn to Memphis in 1968 to support some 1,300 predominantly Black sanitation workers who went on strike to protest inhumane treatment.

A historic Black church in downtown Memphis that was the organizing point for Martin Luther King Jr.'s final campaign in 1968 caught fire early Monday morning and suffered significant damage.

April 28 (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 ...

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

Several churches and a community center in Memphis will be participating in a free food giveaway via mobile food pantries on ...

Languages: English. Memphis firefighters battled an intense blaze early Monday that reduced the historic Clayborn Temple, a church at the center of the civil rights movement, to rubble.

The Memphis Fire Department says this more than 130-year-old church building has been stabilized, and now investigators can take a look inside for clues. Memphis Fire has been working with the ...

A historic Black church in downtown Memphis that was the organizing point for Martin Luther King Jr.’s final campaign in 1968 caught fire early Monday morning and suffered significant damage.

The Memphis Church Pivotal in Martin Luther King Jr.'s Final Days Suffers a Devastating Fire MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A historic Black church in downtown Memphis that was the organizing point for ...