Ferguson said that “naming the civil rights unit after Wing Luke is my way of honoring a man I deeply admire and providing a role model for my civil rights team.” 2 Wing Luke was an important figure in the history of Washington state civil rights. Seattle’s Wing Luke Museum of the Pacific American Experience and Wing Luke Elementary are named for him. Born in China in 1925, Luke came to Seattle with his family when he was six. He became student body president at Roosevelt High School and served in World War II.