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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Aaron hijacks this week’s installment to share a recent discovery about a hilariously obscene moment in North Carolina’s 1788 Constitutional ratification debate. Also, Scott discusses pivotal moments in history that turned on small interactions between just a handful of people.

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