This week, Scott and Aaron look back at the Mecklenburg Resolves, approved May 31, 1775 as part of the runup to the Declaration of Independence. Also: the Lincoln Memorial is dedicated in 1922, though it wouldn’t be understood as a symbol of civil rights until later. And Scott remembers two influential 20th-century American women, photographer Dorothea Lange and environmentalist writer Rachel Carson – both of whom found themselves forced by circumstance to take the jobs they’d always wanted in the first place.
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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