Francheska+Gil

(1877-1963)   Garrett Morgan was born on March 4,1877 and was the son of a former slave. He spent his childhood going to school and working on his family’s farm with his other brothers and sisters. When he was a teenager, he moved to Cincinnati, Ohio in search of greater opportunities. As a child, Garrett never made it past elementary school, but later hired himself a tutor when he was living in Ohio. In 1895, Garrett moved to Cleveland, Ohio where he worked as a sewing machine repair man for a clothing manufacturer. Many people heard of his talent for fixing things and experimenting, that it wasn’t long before numerous job offers from many different manufacturing firms wanted Garrett to work for them. In 1920, Garrett Morgan moved into the newspaper business, and as years went on, he became a well respected business man, and was able to purchase a home and automobile. It was Garrett’s experience while driving his car on the streets of Cleveland that inspired him to invent an improvement to traffic signals.
 * __ Garrett Augustus Morgan  __**