Manchester was home to the first passenger rail service in the world and had one of the largest textile industries of that time. As a result, the robust metropolis was said to be Englandâs unhealthiest place to live. In response to this unsanitary environment, Joseph Whitworth invented the mechanical street sweeper.
A Montgomery (Ala.) Sheriff's Department booking photo of Rosa Parks taken Feb 22, 1956, after she was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus for a white passenger on Dec. 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Ala.
60 Years Ago Today, Rosa Parks Refused to Move to the Back of the Bus. Rosa Parks wasn't the first black person to refuse to move to the back of the busânine months before, 15-year-old Claudette Colvin had done the same thing, and there were many othersâbut she is the most famous.