ASU historian urges preservation of MLK's values

According to a Jan. 15 story in the Arizona Republic, ASU’s Matthew Whitaker urged more than 500 people attending Glendale’s annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Unity Day luncheon to “choose risk, adaptability and affection over complacency or discrimination.”

"Martin Luther King reminded us all that we live in an inescapable network of mutuality, a tapestry," said Whitaker, an associate professor of history in ASU’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Whitaker received Glendale’s Promoting Inclusiveness Award last year.