This week, Scott and Aaron remember Jesse Owens’ triumph over Hitler at the 1936 Olympics – and the different ways in which those games may have been covered at the time. Also: a collegiate champion rower becomes an Olympic champion biker; Elisha Otis invents the safety inventor; and an American woman leads a successful fight against age discrimination. (Overcoming her history-averse religious leanings in the process?)
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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