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The Memphis Fire Department said it and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives have been conducting “extensive off-site work, including detailed witness interviews and thorough video analysis.”
The city can feel like it’s in crisis. The country can feel like it’s in crisis. And Monday, we all woke up to the news that Clayborn Temple had burned down.Related content:
“We cannot escape our responsibility to our place in history any more than a fire can burn down what happened at Clayborn Temple.”
The collapse complicates efforts to preserve some part of the historic church that went up in flames April 28.
Anasa Troutman, the leader of the nonprofit directing the restoration of Clayborn Temple, said the building may be considered a “complete loss” by the Memphis Fire Department, but she said she isn’t using the term.
Firefighters will investigate the cause of the blaze but will also need to determine if any additional parts of the structure need to come down. Calkins: On Clayborn Temple’s final day, shaken Memphians came to pay their respectsRelated content:
“If history teaches us anything, it’s this: Clayborn Temple will rise again, because its foundation was never merely physical. It was spiritual. It was communal. And that foundation cannot be burned,” said NCRM President Russ Wigginton.
Lonnie Robinson, one of the artists who worked on new stained-glass images for Historic Clayborn Temple, talks on the “On The Record” podcast about bringing images of the 1968 sanitation-workers strike to the landmark’s windows.
An ongoing renovation of the historic church was paused Thursday, Sept. 28, for a look at new stained-glass images of the city’s turmoil in the 1968 sanitation workers’ strike.
Community leaders and officials highlighted the legacy of Stax, the record label and museum, with a musical performance and panel in celebration of its addition to the U.S. Civil Rights Trail.
A new council will help residents build better economic outcomes and restore neglected communities.
The Center City Development Corp. will consider a $50,000 grant to help create new stained-glass windows for Historic Clayborn Temple.
Omar Higgins, leader of reggae band Chinese Connection Dub Embassy and hardcore punk band Negro Terror, died April 18 at the age of 37.
Clayborn Temple is preparing for work to begin on the historic site's exterior.
The federal holiday honoring civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. included a new grant program for neighborhoods, calls for reparations, questions about who interprets King's legacy and City Hall honors for 10 women activists.
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