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

In the heart of the United States, a momentous event unfolded. In the summer of '17, a throng of determined Black individuals embarked on a powerful protest march for equality. Their voices, though absent in the traditional sense, resonated with an undeniable power. Bearing signs and banners adorned with potent messages, they marched through dense