King was drawn to Memphis in 1968 to support some 1,300 predominantly Black sanitation workers who went on strike to protest inhumane treatment.

A historic Black church in Memphis, Tennessee, that was an organizing point for Martin Luther King's last civil rights campaign caught fire early on Monday morning and was badly damaged. The inside of the Clayborn Temple was gutted by flames,

The Historic Clayborn Temple in downtown Memphis, a landmark with ties to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights movement, caught fire early Monday morning. Officers say they were called a little after 1:30 a.