Meet the Kentucky man behind so many famous inventions [Video]

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Post author By Curator
Post date February 22, 2024

Garrett Morgan is the mind behind so many parts of every day life.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — He’s the mind behind so many parts of every day life.

Inventor and entrepreneur Garrett Morgan was born in Paris, Kentucky on March 4, 1877 to freed slaves. When he finished sixth grade, he was not allowed to continue his education. So, he moved to Ohio to look for work.

But that didn’t stop him from making a name for himself.

“I don’t think that there’s anybody come from the state who has made a bigger impact and overcome so much,” Mick Sullivan, curator of guest experience with the Frazier History Museum, said.

“Garrett Morgan invented the traffic light,” Sullivan continued. “But I would argue that the gas mask, the safety hood that he created was his most important, certainly the most dramatic part of his life story.”

Morgan was inspired to create the …