A RIVER RUNS PUTRID: A SUMMER OF FILTH, 1858

The city of London breathed in the heat of summer, 1858. But it was not merely the sun that scorched the metropolis. An even more unpleasant force infested its very heart: the River Thames. Years of industrial discharges had transformed London's lifeblood into a nauseating odor. The stench was all-consuming, a miasma that clung to every cobblestone

In the heart of the United States, a momentous event unfolded. In the year 1917, a crowd of resolute Black individuals embarked on a silent protest march for equality. Their voices, though absent in the traditional sense, resonated with an undeniable power. Bearing signs and banners adorned with stirring messages, they marched through bustling str