Garrett Morgan
Paris, KY-born inventor of the three-position traffic signal and an early gas mask design.
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Born 1877 in Paris, Kentucky. His 1916 gas-mask invention rescued workers trapped in a Cleveland tunnel explosion. Sold his traffic-signal patent to General Electric in 1923 for $40,000 — a fortune for a Black inventor at the time.
Location
Paris, KY, USA
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