1. Ryan Gutierrez Valerie Fry

2. Arizona Each year on the third Monday of January the Nation recognizes Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Governor Evan Mecham, opposed the holiday, saying, "I guess King did a lot for the colored people, but I don't think he deserves a national holiday.”

3. Arizona in 1993 NFL Super Bowl Pulls out of Arizona Arizona's stance on an MLK holiday became a national controversy stretching into the National Football League (NFL).

4. Arizona Today The bill would have allowed police to ask anyone for proof of legal U.S. residency based solely on an officer's suspicion.

5. Arizona Today The Boston City Council approved a resolution calling on the Massachusetts city to pull investments from Arizona. The Oakland, California, City Council voted this week to boycott Arizona businesses. Chris Coleman, mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota, banned city-funded travel to the state.

6. Arizona Future Pressure is building to move the Major League Baseball 2011 All-Star Game elsewhere This could hurt their reputation in the long run, causing visitors and immigrants to not want to visit or do business with the state.

7. Work Cited http://www.abc15.com/content/news/phoeni xmetro/central/story/A-look-at-Arizonas-long- battle-to-adopt-the-MLK/Kg-P7G2pKk- sCiE3XYci_Q.cspx http://www.abc15.com/content/news/phoeni xmetro/central/story/A-look-at-Arizonas-long- battle-to-adopt-the-MLK/Kg-P7G2pKk- sCiE3XYci_Q.cspx http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/05/06/a rizona.boycott.impact/index.html http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/05/06/a rizona.boycott.impact/index.html