Build a Three Way Stop Light Paper Circuit: Celebrating the Inventor Garrett Morgan Sr.

Black History Month STEAM Event:

Celebrating Inventor Garrett Morgan Sr., Build a Three Way Traffic Light Paper

Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026 from 3 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Garrett Augustus Morgan, Sr. was an American inventor whose curiosity and innovation led him to develop several commercial products, the successors of which are still in use today. A practical man of humble beginnings, Morgan devoted his life to creating items that made the lives of common people safer and more convenient.

Among his creations was the three-position traffic signal, a traffic management device that greatly improved safety along America's streets and roadways.

Morgan's technology was the basis for the modern-day traffic signal and was a significant contribution to development of what we now know as Intelligent Transportation Systems.