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 ...

Sharon Fields knows a lot about a famous African American scientist who once called Kentucky home. “His name was Garrett Augustus Morgan, and he was born here, in Bourbon County, in an area of ...

“Garrett Morgan saw a problem ... Although prototypes of the safety hood and traffic signal were in her childhood home, Sandra Morgan said she never had the chance to personally know her ...

Garrett Morgan was born in 1877 in Paris, Kentucky. His parents were Sydney Morgan and Elizabeth Reed, who were both formerly enslaved. Morgan left his family’s farm at the age of 14 and moved ...

The answer leads right back to Cleveland and the legacy of Garrett A. Morgan. Morgan, the first Black man in Cleveland to own a car, saw firsthand the dangers of early traffic intersections.

“Garrett Morgan saw a problem, came up with a solution ... Although prototypes of the safety hood and traffic signal were in her childhood home, Sandra Morgan said she never had the chance to ...

Garrett Morgan was born in 1877 in Paris, Kentucky. His parents were Sydney Morgan and Elizabeth Reed, who were both formerly enslaved. Morgan left his family’s farm at the age of 14 and moved to ...