(SRN NEWS)-Clayborn Temple in downtown Memphis, which was the organizing point for King’s final campaign in 1968, caught fire early Monday morning and suffered significant damage. Fire officials say the inside of the building is a total loss but the facade might be able to be saved. King came to Memphis to support some 1,300 mostly black sanitation […]
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A church associated with Martin Luther King Jr. has burned
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(SRN NEWS)-Clayborn Temple in downtown Memphis, which was the organizing point for King’s final campaign in 1968, caught fire early Monday morning and suffered significant damage. Fire officials say the inside of the building is a total loss but the facade might be able to be saved. King came to Memphis to support some 1,300 mostly black sanitation workers who went on strike to protest poor treatment and a dangerous workplace environment.