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 ...

Just before midnight at the close of a hot summer day in 1916, a natural gas pocket exploded 120 feet beneath the waves of Lake Erie. It happened during work on Cleveland’s newest waterworks tunnel, a ...

Even before cars took to the roads in the late 1800s, traffic and congestion became a hazard. Buggies and horses could easily collide at an intersection, and traffic policemen were putting their lives ...

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 ...

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. In 1923, ...

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 ...

Some people invent with the intent of seeking fame and prestige. Few inventors seem to truly care about other people the way that Garrett Augustus Morgan did. His inventions saved many lives, ...

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 ...

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. In 1923, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Garrett Morgan was an inventor who saw a problem and set out to solve it. He spent much of his life in Ohio, where he had a number of successful businesses and received patents that led to the gas ...