Firefighters gather outside the historic Clayborn Temple, a landmark from the Civil Rights Movement ... (Karen Pulfer Focht/AP file) Before the April 28 fire at the Downtown church, there were fires ...

The fire that destroyed the Clayborn Temple, a historic Black church in downtown Memphis that was the organizing point for Martin Luther King Jr.'s final campaign in 1968, was intentionally set ...

A church spokesperson declined to comment on the appeal but officials have said that a new temple is needed to accommodate its congregation in North Texas. Some Fairview residents and town leaders ...

The Memphis Fire Department will continue its investigation to "apprehend who is responsible for setting the fire at the historic church." Large portions of the historic Clayborn Temple in ...