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

The historic Clayborn Temple in Memphis suffered extensive damage from a fire, prompting an ATF investigation and community resolve to honor its civil rights legacy.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The Clayborn Temple Church in Downtown Memphis went up in flames early Monday morning. The second-alarm fire was reported just before 1:40 a.m. at the historic church and civil rights landmark located at 294 Hernando Street, according to the Memphis Fire Department (MFD). It was unknown what caused the fire.