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Garrett Augustus Morgan Sr. (March 4, 1877 – July 27, 1963) was an American inventor, businessman, and community leader. His most notable inventions were a type of two-way traffic light, [1] and a protective 'smoke hood' [2] notably used in a 1916 tunnel construction disaster rescue. [3] [4] Morgan also discovered and developed a chemical ...
Morgan Lauré Garrett (born September 4, 1985) [1] is an American voice actress. [2] She won the Behind the Voice Actors' Breakthrough Voice Actor of the Year Award in 2012. Her major roles include Seraphim in the Is This a Zombie? series, Kaori Kanzaki in the A Certain Magical Index series, Twoearle in Gonna be the Twin-Tail!!, Rico Brzenska in the Attack on Titan series, Akira Mado in the ...
The Call and Post was established around 1928 by a group of people including local African-American inventor Garrett A. Morgan, as a merger between the Cleveland Call and the Cleveland Post, two newspapers that had been serving the African-American community since 1916 and 1920 respectively.
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.
The history of traffic lights is associated with the historic growth of the automobile. [ 1] Traffic lights were first introduced in December 1868 on Parliament Square in London to reduce the need for police officers to control traffic. [ 2] Since then, electricity and computerised control has advanced traffic light technology and increased ...
Garrett Morgan, who lived most of his life in Cleveland, also invented a belt fastener for sewing machines and hair-straightening products. He was the founder of the Cleveland Call newspaper.
2 Broke Girls. Martin. Spouse. Freda Morris (m. 1984 [ 1] –2018) Garrett Isaac Morris[ 2][ 3] (born February 1, 1937) is an American actor. He was part of the original cast and was the first Black cast member of the sketch comedy program Saturday Night Live, appearing from 1975 to 1980. He also played Jimmy on The Jeffersons (1983–1984).
She wanted Black students to know about Garrett Morgan, who invented the traffic signal in 1923 after witnessing a carriage accident, and Benjamin Banneker, who in 1753 carved a wooden clock that ...