This Day in Black History: March 4, 1877
Garrett A. Morgan, noted American inventor, was born on March 4, 1877.
Garrett Augustus Morgan, born on March 4, 1877, was a renowned African-American inventor who was best known for developing the traffic signal and gas mask.
He gained particular renown when, in 1918, he used the gas mask to save the lives of workers trapped in a tunnel that was filled with fumes when other rescue attempts were unsuccessful. Morgan was also widely believed to be the first African-American resident of Cleveland to own an automobile.
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