And that’s the part that’s amazing,” Fouche said. Garrett Morgan’s granddaughter, Sandra Morgan, said he’s an inspiration to her family, and that people often lionized him.

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 ...

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.

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 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 ...