Garrett Morgan, a Cleveland inventor, created the traffic light in 1923, improving road safety with his three-position signal. His legacy still impacts drivers today. Skip Navigation.

Garrett Morgan is the mind behind so many parts of every day life. Morgan sold his patent for the traffic light to General Electric and the patent to the gas mask for a total of $58,000. Skip ...

Garrett Morgan would go on to invent a safety hood, a variety of Black hair care products, and most notably — a three-way traffic signal. Oftentimes, Black inventors are reduced to the sum of their ...

Here are photos and drawings that commemorate Clevelander Garrett A. Morgan's many innovations, and of scenes from the disaster at which his safety hood was first put to use.

Sandra Morgan, his granddaughter, says she’s fought to keep his legacy alive. It’s been a century since Garrett Morgan patented the three-position traffic signal.

Garrett A. Morgan, Cleveland’s ‘Black Edison,’ created today’s traffic light and gas mask: Black History Month’s Untold Stories Published: Feb. 04, 2022, 5:29 a.m. Garrett Morgan called ...

Next week marks 100 years since Garrett Morgan was granted a patent for his improved traffic signal, the first signal that contained a step between “stop” and “go.” Click to toggle ...

Garrett Morgan would go on to invent a safety hood, a variety of Black hair care products, and most notably — a three-way traffic signal. Oftentimes, Black inventors are reduced to the sum of ...

Garrett Morgan, a Cleveland inventor, created the traffic light in 1923, improving road safety with his three-position signal. His legacy still impacts drivers today. Skip Navigation.

It’s been a century since Garrett Morgan patented the three-position traffic signal. Sandra Morgan, his granddaughter, says she’s fought to keep his legacy alive.