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Garrett Morgan
Garrett Augustus Morgan (March 4, 1877, Paris, Kentucky -
August 27, 1963, Cleveland, Ohio) was an African American inventor
who originated a respiratory protective hood, invented a hair-straightening
preparation and patented a type of traffic signal. He is renowned for an heroic
rescue in which heused his hood to save workers trapped in an underground tunnel
system filled with fumes
Garrett Augustus Morgan (March 4, 1877, Paris, Kentucky -
August 27, 1963, Cleveland, Ohio) was an African American inventor
who originated a respiratory protective hood, invented a hair-straightening
preparation and patented a type of traffic signal. He is renowned for an heroic
rescue in which heused his hood to save workers trapped in an underground tunnel
system filled with fumes