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Historic Clayborn Temple destroyed in fire

The historic Clayborn Temple was destroyed in a Monday morning fire in Memphis. It was a landmark of the Civil Rights movement and was a gathering place of striking sanitation workers in 1968.

NPR’s Debbie Elliott reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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