Editing Garrett Morgan (section)

{{short description|American inventor and entrepreneur}}
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{{Infobox person
| birth_name         = Garrett Augustus Morgan
| name               = Garrett Morgan
| image              = Garrett Morgan.gif
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1877|3|4}}
| birth_place        = [[Claysville, Harrison County, Kentucky]], U.S.
| death_date         = {{death date and age|1963|7|27|1877|3|4}}
| death_place        = [[Cleveland, Ohio]], U.S.
| other_names        = Big Chief Mason
| occupation         = {{hlist|[[Entrepreneur]]}}
| known_for          = Inventing a safety hood protective device and a traffic signal
}}
'''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 three-way [[traffic light]] in 1923,<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US1475024A/en |title=US Patent: US1475024A 'Traffic signal' (1923) |website=patents.google}}</ref> and a protective 'smoke hood'<ref name=":1">{{cite web |url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US1113675A/en |title=US Patent: US1113675A 'Breathing device' (1914) |website=patents.google}}</ref> notably used in a 1916 tunnel construction disaster rescue.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Cook|first=Lisa D.|date=2012|title=Overcoming Discrimination by Consumers during the Age of Segregation: The Example of Garrett Morgan|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/business-history-review/article/overcoming-discrimination-by-consumers-during-the-age-of-segregation-the-example-of-garrett-morgan/05E0E0A3EE16519A5FB3F4F9FF2CFB01|journal=Business History Review |language=en|volume=86|issue=2|pages=211–234|doi=10.1017/S0007680512000372|s2cid=73554424|issn=2044-768X|access-date=June 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619110001/https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/business-history-review/article/overcoming-discrimination-by-consumers-during-the-age-of-segregation-the-example-of-garrett-morgan/05E0E0A3EE16519A5FB3F4F9FF2CFB01|archive-date=June 19, 2020|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=DeLuca |first=Leo |title=Black Inventor Garrett Morgan Saved Countless Lives with Gas Mask and Improved Traffic Lights |url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/black-inventor-garrett-morgan-saved-countless-lives-with-gas-mask-and-improved-traffic-lights/ |access-date=2023-06-25 |website=Scientific American |language=en}}</ref> Morgan also discovered and developed a chemical hair-processing and straightening solution. He created a successful company called "G. A. Morgan Hair Refining Company" based on his hair product inventions and a complete line of hair care products. He was involved in African Americans' civic and political advancement, especially in and around [[Cleveland|Cleveland, Ohio]].