I have been doing a lot of blog entries this month on Blacks in U.S. history in honor of Black History Month. (From 2021) For too long, their contributions have been overlooked and I am glad that is being addressed now.
From the Bowling Green (Kentucky) Daily News "Black History Month: Garrett Morgan" by Ron Whitlock Sr.
Did you run a traffic light today or get mad because a bunch of them conspired against you to keep you waiting and waiting. Well, you can than a Kentuckian for that privilege. Just kidding because I'd be very afraid to drive if we didn't have those.
Kentuckian Garrett Morgan, a black man, received the patent for the stop light. And that is very important to us old time roaders.
He was born in Harrison County in 1877 and Garrett Augustus Morgan Sr. was a black inventor. His father, Sydney Morgan, was the son and freed slave of Confederate Col. John H. Morgan, known for the famed Morgan's Raid, the only Confederate attack on Ohio.
At age 14, he moved to Cincinnati looking for work. There he got a job as a handyman and hired a tutor to continue his education.
--RoadDog
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