History Matters
History Matters: July 4, Or Whatever Day You Choose
Scott and Aaron remember the declaration of American independence – which occurred on July 4, but also July 2, July 9, and August 2.
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History Matters: Let Nature Do Its Thing
Scott and Aaron remember the Stonewall riots, the fight for civil rights, and those who sacrificed so future generations could have justice.
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History Matters: 800 Years of History
This week, Scott covers 800 years of history – including the execution of six accused “Regulators” in Hillsborough in 1771.
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History Matters: Roger Sherman of Connecticut
Founding-era leader Roger Sherman takes center stage, for contributions both around the Revolution and the framing of the Bill of Rights.
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History Matters: Bigger Than Any One Person
This week in history: Harriet Tubman moves around to fight for freedom – while Claudette Colvin fights for freedom by staying in place.
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History Matters: 5-25-77
This week: Star Wars hits theaters, Jesse Owens sets records, Rachel Carson saves the ecosystem, and Dorothea Lange documents the Depression.
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History Matters: Whoop-De-Doo For Charles Lindbergh
Scott and Aaron look back on Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart, and a third pilot who’s more famous for her time in the water.
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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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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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History 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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