The preservation grants are significant for the money, 'but also as a recognition of the ongoing efforts to preserve history and culture.' ...

Local teens from the New Olivet Worship Center met at the historic temple to uplift community spirit after an arson attack ...

For the Apollo Theater, which was honored by the Kennedy Center in 2024 and has shaped U.S. entertainment for over 90 years, ...

Congress appropriated $18.8 million for projects in and around the Memphis area, including over $3 million toward the restoration of the historic Clayborn Temple, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) said ...

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… ...

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 ...

The historic Clayborn Temple, a landmark from the civil rights movement with ties to Martin Luther King Jr., is seen after it was set on fire, April 28, 2025, in Memphis, Tenn. Credit: AP/Karen ...

Clayborn Temple was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. A memorial to the sanitation workers, named “I AM A MAN Plaza,” opened on church grounds in 2018.

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 ...