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Home / Kids and Teens / People and Society / Biography / Inventors / Morgan, Garrett
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- About Garrett A. Morgan - Biographical sketch presented by the United States Department of Transportation.
education.dot.gov/aboutmorgan.html
- Black Inventor: Garrett Morgan - Tells how the sewing machine repairman solved major safety problems of his day.
www.blackinventor.com/pages/garrettmorgan.html
- Engines of our Ingenuity: Garrett Morgan - Describes the struggles Morgan, himself the son of a slave, faced as he worked to meet human needs. Also available in RealAudio format.
www.uh.edu/engines/epi1624.htm
- Eureka! Garrett Morgan - A fifth-grader tells how Morgan and his brother used the gas mask Morgan himself had invented to rescue victims trapped when a tunnel 250 feet below Lake Erie exploded.
library.thinkquest.org/J0111766/garrettmorgan.html
- Garrett Morgan - Printable coloring page with short profile. Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.
www.teachervision.com/tv/printables/0673586456_33.pdf
- Inventor of the Week: Garrett A. Morgan - Tells how Morgan created a gas mask to save the lives of firefighters.
web.mit.edu/invent/www/inventorsI-Q/morgan.html
- Kentucky Tales: Garrett Morgan - Explores how a man with only six years of formal education became known as a genius inventor.
www.kytales.com/gmorgan/gmorgan.html
- The Inventions of Garrett Morgan - Virtual exhibit portrays Morgan's life, his most important inventions, the act of heroism that brought him national recognition, and his work to improve civil rights.
www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/collections/exhiblets/morgan/start.asp
- Transportation Link: Garrett Morgan - Short biography focuses on the invention of the traffic light.
osdbuweb.dot.gov/translink/sept97/garrett.htm
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