View looking southeast at the exterior of the Second Presbyterian Church, now known as Clayborn Temple, on the corner of Pontatoc Avenue and Hernando Street in Memphis, Tennessee, 1974.

As Memphians came to mourn outside the remnants of Clayborn Temple, a message of rebuilding — bolstered by a $1.5 million ...

Following the devastating fire at Historic Clayborn Temple on April 28, 2025, the community is being called together for a special event: “Picking Up the Ashes: A Gathering for Clayborn.” The ...

Clayborn Temple in Memphis, largely destroyed by fire on April 28, will be rebuilt. A $1.5 million grant from the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund will support the reconstruction.

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 ...