This Labor Day week, Scott and Aaron celebrate the labor movement – which, surprisingly, has always been largely driven by the fight for free time, like weekends and paid leave. Also: Scott and Aaron remember an advocate for early childhood education, famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass, the 1775 Third Provincial Congress in Hillsborough, an American painting legend – and two guys who used their free time to complete a towering (and very time-consuming!) achievement.
97.9 The Hill WCHL and Chapelboro.com are your headquarters for local news and local voices in Chapel Hill-Carrboro. Every Thursday morning, local historian Scott Washington joins 97.9 The Hill’s Aaron Keck for “History Matters,” a look back at notable events and significant figures from this week in history, ranging from pioneers to writers to inventors to civil rights champions and more, locally, nationally, and beyond.
Click here to listen back to the full History Matters archive – and tune in to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” Thursday mornings at 8:30 on 97.9 The Hill to hear those conversations live.
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