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 son of two former slaves, Garrett Morgan (1877-1963) had little more than a grade-school education. But that didn’t stop the Ohio man from becoming an inventor with a rare gift for designing ...

DiCicco’s well-researched debut picture book highlights the life of boundary-breaking African-American inventor Garrett Morgan. The son of Kentucky sharecroppers, Morgan heads north at 14, getting ...

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 ...

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, ...

Morgan would spend the rest of his life fighting for recognition of his work. Morgan had been born in 1877 in Kentucky. His father was the mixed-race son of Confederate General, John Hunt Morgan, and ...