This week, Scott and Aaron remember Carrboro music legend Elizabeth “Libba” Cotten – who might have lived and died in obscurity, were it not for one chance meeting with a famous family. Also: Fannie Farmer revolutionizes cooking by publishing a cookbook with standardized measurements; FDR delivers his famed “Four Freedoms” speech; and Teddy Roosevelt preserves the Grand Canyon for posterity.
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.
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