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 ...

It was also announced that the African-American Cultural Heritage Action Fund gave a $1.5 million grant, backed by the Ford Foundation and the Mellon Foundation, to help Clayborn begin to rebuild.

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… ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...