Garrett Augustus Morgan was an African American inventor born in 1877 in Kentucky who invented an early gas mask and patented an early traffic signal. He moved to Cincinnati as a teenager to find work and later moved to Cleveland, where he worked as a sewing machine repairman and opened his own repair shop. In addition to inventing the gas mask for emergency responders, Morgan patented an early three-position traffic signal that used red, yellow, and green lights. He was one of the first African Americans to own an automobile in Cleveland.

3. Who was He? Garrett Morgan was born on 4 March 1877 in Paris. When He was fourteen years old He moved to Cincinnati to Ohio, in search of employment. Morgan had to quit school At a young age, in order to work. In 1895, Morgan moved to Cleveland in Ohio, where he worked as a sewing machine repairman for a clothing manufacturer. He married in 1896, but the marriage ended in divorce. In 1907, Morgan opened his own sewing machine and shoe repair shop. In 1908, Morgan helped found the . That same year, he married Mary Anne Hassek, and together they had three sons.

4. Inventions Gas Mask

5. Inventions Traffic Light Signal