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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This week, Scott and Aaron discuss the Halifax Resolves, which made North Carolina the first colony to call for independence in 1776. Also this week in history: the Civil War begins at Fort Sumter and ends (sort of) with Lee’s surrender at Appomattox. And we celebrate a major figure in 20th-century U.S. history, who became America’s first Black female judge.
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