History Matters: A Golden Corral of History
This week marks the anniversary of the 1771 Battle of Alamance and the start of the Constitutional Convention in 1787.
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Local historian Scott Washington joins 97.9 The Hill’s Aaron Keck to 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.
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History Matters: Where You Are in the Universe
This week in history: the Morehead Planetarium opens in Chapel Hill, and a bad student paper leads to a Constitutional amendment.
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Read MoreHistory Matters: Live In The Along
This week, Scott and Aaron remember poet Gwendolyn Brooks, who became the first Black writer to win a Pulitzer Prize this week in 1950.
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Read MoreHistory Matters: Something in the Water
For Earth Week, Scott and Aaron talk environmental protection – including the 1920 dedication of the Grand Canyon as a national park.
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Read MoreHistory Matters: I Heart Huckaby
Scott and Aaron remember the vice-principal at Little Rock Central High School who protected Black students after integration in 1957.
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Read MoreHistory Matters: Literally Playing With Fire
This week: the first sale of matches, the start of the Civil War, and a discussion about those all-important small events in history.
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Read MoreHistory Matters: Hyman Lipman’s Last Laugh
This week in history: an inventor cashes in on his greatest invention – just in time for the patent to be rescinded.
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Read MoreHistory Matters: Saint Patrick, Mister Rogers, and Sergeant Stubby
This week in history: Scott and Aaron remember St. Patrick and Mr. Rogers – as well as a dog who became celebrated as a World War I hero.
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