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.
Date Event; 1944: Rosa Parks first met bus driver James Blake. After paying her bus fare, Blake ordered Parks to board from the back of the bus. She walked to the back door and Blake drove away without her. December 1, 1955: Rosa Parks attended a seminar. It is believed that Rosa Parks was not a solo protester, but had spent time arranging her silent protest on the bus this day. She had just left a seminar after learning about non-violent civil disobedience protesting. Parks was a long time NAACP worker.