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.
Rosa Parks: Well, I was, when I would not give my money to the driver or if I put the fare in and get on the bus, the driver who had me arrested did evict me from the bus in 1943. It was those who wanted to enforce this type of uh, oppression, humiliation would rather that I not ride the bus.