MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A historic Black church in downtown Memphis that was the organizing point for Martin Luther King Jr.’s final campaign in 1968 caught fire early Monday morning and suffered significant damage.

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 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.