GARRETT MORGAN

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GARRETT MORGAN

• By Detrell Grant

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Garrett Morgan early years

• Garrett Morgan was born in Paris, Kentucky on
  March 4, 1877. His parents were former slaves. He
  spent most of his childhood attending school and
  working with his brother and sister on the family
  farm. Still a teenager he moved north to
  Cincinnati, Ohio in search of employment.

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Mid life

• In 1885, Morgan moved to Cleveland where he
  worked as a sewing machine repairman for a
  clothing manufacturer. Later on Morgan opened his
  own sewing equipment and repair shop in 1905. In
  1909 he expanded the enterprise to include a
  tailoring shop which retained 32 employees. In
  1920 Morgan started the Cleveland call newspaper,
  as years progressed he became a prosperous and
  widely respected businessman. His prosperity
  enabled him to purchase a home and an
  automobile. Morgans experiences driving through
  the streets of Cleveland are what led him to the
  invention of the nations first three position
  traffic signal.

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Garrett Morgans inventions

• On November 20, 1923 the patent was granted for
  the three position traffic signal. He design a
  signal that would help people drive without
  worries of an accident.
• He also created the hair dying ointment and
  curved tooth pressing comb, and redesigned the
  gas mask to be much smaller.

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Reflection

• Garrett Morgan inventions is important to me
  because it makes the way people easy. The traffic
  signal is one of the best inventions of all time
  and because of this African American and his
  three position traffic signal its much easier to
  drive safe.

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Big time invention
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Garrett Morgan Photos