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Garrett A. Morgan, Cleveland's 'Black Edison,' created today's traffic light and gas mask: Black History Month's Untold Stories - cleveland.com
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To Protect Allied WWI Soldiers, This Researcher Tested an Early Gas Mask on Himself | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine
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Garret Morgan Saved Many Lives Inventing The Gas Mask, The Traffic Light And More! | Urban Intellectuals
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Black Inventor Garrett Morgan Saved Countless Lives with Gas Mask and Improved Traffic Lights - Scientific American
![Invention of Gas Mask and Thre light Traffic Lights (Signal) by Garrett Morgan in 1923 - Nyongesa Sande Invention of Gas Mask and Thre light Traffic Lights (Signal) by Garrett Morgan in 1923 - Nyongesa Sande](https://nyongesasande.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/gas-mask-and-traffic-light-inventor-1.jpg)
Invention of Gas Mask and Thre light Traffic Lights (Signal) by Garrett Morgan in 1923 - Nyongesa Sande
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To Protect Allied WWI Soldiers, This Researcher Tested an Early Gas Mask on Himself | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine
![U.S. Army on Twitter: "#BlackHistoryMonth: Innovation highlight The original gas mask. We honor Garrett A. Morgan, an inventor, whose invention still protects our Soldiers today! Graphic by @ArmyASAALT #ArmyTech https://t.co/Cf7XS0pGV4" / Twitter U.S. Army on Twitter: "#BlackHistoryMonth: Innovation highlight The original gas mask. We honor Garrett A. Morgan, an inventor, whose invention still protects our Soldiers today! Graphic by @ArmyASAALT #ArmyTech https://t.co/Cf7XS0pGV4" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EQNWUMZUUAUkZJM.jpg)
U.S. Army on Twitter: "#BlackHistoryMonth: Innovation highlight The original gas mask. We honor Garrett A. Morgan, an inventor, whose invention still protects our Soldiers today! Graphic by @ArmyASAALT #ArmyTech https://t.co/Cf7XS0pGV4" / Twitter
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Garrett A Morgan sr. Revolutionary Black inventor and businesman invented the gas mask in 191… | African american inventors, African american history, Black history
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