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    Garrett Augustus Morgan: Businessman, Inventor, Good Citizen
    Garrett Augustus Morgan: Businessman, Inventor, Good Citizen
    Garrett Augustus Morgan: Businessman, Inventor, Good Citizen
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    Garrett Augustus Morgan: Businessman, Inventor, Good Citizen

    By Mary N. Oluonye

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    A biography of Morgans life, as well as the events occurring during his lifetime that influenced his choices and inventions, thus giving a fuller picture of the man and his times.



    Section Headings include: Early Life, Growing Up, Moving On, A Changing Country, The Great Migration, First Stop Cincinnati, Then On To Cleveland, Ohio, A Business of His Own, Morgans Safety Hood, The Call, The Traffic Signal, Good Citizen, and Later Years.


    Patent List, Awards and Citations List, Additional Resources (Books, Websites, Video), Bibliography and Index included.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateApr 1, 2008
    ISBN9781467096720
    Garrett Augustus Morgan: Businessman, Inventor, Good Citizen
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    Mary N. Oluonye

    I was born in Cleveland, Ohio. By the age of six months, I was making the first of many trips between Nigeria and America. In fact, by the time I was five, I had already traveled back and forth about three times. My elementary and middle school years were spent some years in America, and other years in Nigeria. I graduated from Walt Whitman High school in Bethesda, Maryland, USA, and from the University of Windsor in Ontario, Canada. After university, I returned to Nigeria where I worked for a while at a major university, got married, and later moved back to America. I currently live in Ohio, USA. I come from a family of voracious readers. For as long as I can remember, my parents made sure that every home in which we lived, had a library stocked with “good reads.” The long months of the Nigerian rainy season (March to mid-October, with a month long break from the rain in August) would find me, my four sisters and one brother, each in our own bedroom happily reading all day. This, I must say, is one of my favorite memories. As a Nigerian-American, living in two different countries and cultures was a great way to grow up. It made me very interested in learning about different people and places, and respectful of people and their cultures and traditions. Even as a young person, I realized that when people are not informed, they can often develop wrong, or pre-conceived beliefs and attitudes about people and customs different from themselves. So, it is no surprise that the first book I wrote was about Nigeria, followed by books on South Africa andMadagascar. Then I took a long break from writing books, but continued writing articles and book reviews. In 2008, I wrote a biography about African-American inventor, Garrett Morgan, Garrett Augustus Morgan: Businessman, Inventor, Good Citizen, and in 2010 co-wrote a book with Virginia K. Schoelch, The Day The Library Didn’t Open, about Daylight Savings Time. Nowadays, I work as a children’s services associate at the Shaker Heights Public Library in Ohio, and because I love reading so much, I frequently review children’s and young adult/teen books and audiobooks for School Library Journal. And of course, I continue to write …. – Mary N. Oluonye

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      Garrett Augustus Morgan - Mary N. Oluonye

      © 2008 Mary N. Oluonye. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      First published by AuthorHouse 3/28/2008

      ISBN: 978-1-4343-4475-5 (sc)

      Historical pictures by The Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio.

      Printed in the United States of America

      Bloomington, Indiana

      Contents

      Early Life

      Growing Up

      Moving On

      A Changing Country

      The Great Migration

      First Stop, Cincinnati, then on to Cleveland, Ohio

      A Business Of His Own

      Morgan’s Safety Hood

      The Call

      The Traffic Signal

      Good Citizen

      Later Years

      This book is dedicated to my family for their unwavering support and without whom, this book would not have been possible. Also, a very special thank you to Susan Scheps for reading over my manuscript and for her extremely insightful suggestions. I would also like to thank the very helpful staff of the Western Reserve Historical Society Library, Cleveland, Ohio for their assistance with my research of Garrett Morgan, and the selection of photographs to include in the book. Thank you, All! ‒MNO

      GARRETT AUGUSTUS MORGAN

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      Born: March 4, 1877

      Birthplace: Paris, Kentucky

      Died: July 27, 1963

      Early Life

      Garrett Augustus Morgan was born on March 4, 1877 in Paris, Kentucky, not very far from the state capital of Lexington. His mother was

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