Garrett Augustus Morgan was a Black inventor and businessman who invented both the gas mask and the three-position traffic signal — and personally used his gas mask to rescue workers trapped underground while others were too afraid to go in. He gave the world the amber light. The world forgot his name.

Now you know. Wear that.

The Buillth Traffic Signal Archive Edition tee is part of the Never Forget collection — wearable archives honoring the Black inventors who built the modern world and never got the credit.

The design: Full museum archive poster. Traffic signal housing diagrams, three-position switching schematics, intersection traffic flow blueprints — the technical record of a Black inventor's most important work, presented as the historical document it deserves to be.

Wear it. They'll ask. Then you tell them.

The shirt: Heavyweight unisex tee. 100% ring-spun cotton. Soft enough to live in, bold enough to start a conversation. Tear-away label. Runs true to size.

Garrett Augustus Morgan — The Short Version

Garrett Augustus Morgan was a Black inventor and businessman who invented the three-position traffic signal — adding the amber warning light that gives drivers time to stop safely before an intersection changes. That light is now at every traffic signal on earth. He also invented the gas mask, which he personally used to rescue workers trapped in a tunnel explosion. His name is at almost none of the intersections he made safe.

→ Read the full story of Garrett Augustus Morgan on the Buillth inventor page.