Garrett A. Morgan is emerging as a larger-than-life figure in American history. Finally. International recognition for the brilliant Cleveland entrepreneur comes a century after his life-saving ...

History has come full circle in Willoughby. During a recent rededication ceremony honoring the centennial of the three-signal traffic light, five generations of Garrett A. Morgan’s family, along with ...

A historical marker was erected in Wakeman to honor of Garrett A. Morgan, an African American inventor who had many items patented and was instrumental in fighting against racial inequality. Morgan’s ...

A century ago, if you stopped at a traffic intersection you had just two options: stop and go. After witnessing a deadly crash between a horse-drawn carriage and a car, inventor Garrett Morgan thought ...

For Garrett Morgan, this epitaph on his gravestone at Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland is befitting of any number of accomplishments. The Black inventor—born on March 4, 1877, to former slaves in ...

(CNN) — Whenever Sandra Morgan approaches an intersection as the light shifts from green to yellow, she said she feels a touch of pride. “I’m reminded of my unique family heritage and my grandfather’s ...

Every time you drive safely through a busy intersection, you can thank Kentuckian Garrett Morgan. Morgan was a Kentucky-born, Black inventor in the early 1900s, and this year marks the 100th ...

Morgan would spend the rest of his life fighting for recognition of his work. Morgan had been born in 1877 in Kentucky. His father was the mixed-race son of Confederate General, John Hunt Morgan, and ...

PARIS, Ky. (WKYT) - The City of Paris celebrated Garrett Morgan Day on Monday. The Bourbon County native is the inventor of the traffic light and the gas mask, and his birthday is March 4. In Paris, a ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) -Students at Garrett Morgan High School on Cleveland’s West Side gathered Monday for a special moment: a proclamation declaring March 4 as Garrett Morgan Day in Cuyahoga County.

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