Martin Luther King Day is a federal holiday held on the third Monday of
January. It celebrates the life and achievements of Martin Luther King
Jr., an influential American civil rights leader. He is most well-known
for his campaigns to end racial segregation on public transport and for
racial equality in the United States.
Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., born in Atlanta, Georgia,
in 1929, never backed down in his stand against racism. He dedicated
his life to achieving equality and justice for all Americans of all
colors. King believed that peaceful refusal to obey unjust law was the
best way to bring about social change.
In 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. helped to organize the famous "March on
Washington". Over 250,000 people attended this march in an effort to
show the importance of civil rights legislation. Some of the issues the
march hoped to accomplish included an end to segregation in public
schools, protection from police abuse, and to get laws passed that would
prevent discrimination in employment.
It was at this march where Martin gave his "I Have a Dream" speech. This
speech has become one of the most famous speeches in history. The March
on Washington was a great success. The Civil Rights Act was passed a
year later in 1964.
The Lorax is a children's book written by Dr. Seuss and first published in 1971. It chronicles the plight of the environment
and the Lorax, who speaks for the trees against the Once-ler. As in
most Dr. Seuss works, most of the creatures mentioned are original to
the book.
The book is commonly recognized as a fable concerning the danger corporate greed poses to nature, using the literary element of personification to give life to industry as the Once-ler and the environment as The Lorax.
The Lorax was Dr. Seuss' personal favourite of his books. He
was able to create a story addressing economic and environmental issues
without it being dull. "The Lorax," he once explained, "came out of me being angry. In The Lorax I was out to attack what I think are evil things and let the chips fall where they might."
2012 feature film
On March 2, 2012, Universal Studios and Illumination Entertainment released a 3-DCGI film based upon the book. The release coincided with the 108th birthday of Seuss, who died at 87 in 1991.
A
12-year-old boy searches for the one thing that will enable him to win
the affection of the girl of his dreams. To find it he must discover the
story of the Lorax, the grumpy yet charming creature who fights to
protect his world.
