Born: 3/4/1877 Claysville Community, Kentucky

Died: 7/27/1963 Cleveland, Ohio

Garrett Augustus Morgan, Sr. was an African-American inventor and community leader. An invention he worked on the development of a chemical for hair-straightening

Awards / Achievements:

• By using this simple principle of heat, it allowed Morgan lengthen his ability to endure the inhospitable conditions of a smoke-filled room. Morgan is also credited as the first African American in Cleveland to own an automobile