Before the fire, the Clayborn Temple was undergoing a $25 million restoration that was slated for completion in 2026.

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.

Clayborn Temple was at the center of the civil rights movement and where a march that brought Martin Luther King Jr. to the city started.

A monument to Memphis' resilience became a symbol of its ongoing challenges when historic Clayborn Temple was ravaged by fire on April 28.

The site was a key meeting spot for the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike and hosted Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Authorities are investigating the cause of a fire that destroyed the historic Clayborne Temple in Memphis, Tennessee.

Testimony resumed on the second day of the Tyre Nichols state criminal trial on April 29. Mills was the first witness to take the stand Tuesday.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Three former Tennessee police officers will face an out-of-town jury when their trial in state court starts Monday on second-degree murder charges in the beating death of Tyre Nichols after a 2023 traffic stop in Memphis.

Testimony in the trial of three former Memphis officers charged with fatally beating Tyre Nichols is to resume Wednesday after defense attorneys sought to chip away at accusations that the officers us