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 celebrate the Bill of Rights: 12 amendments at first, submitted to the states for ratification on September 25, 1789. (North Carolina played a big role in making the Bill of Rights a reality: the state refused to ratify the Constitution until a Bill of Rights was added to it.) Also, Scott recalls various figures in America’s storied and contentious racial justice history: Hiram Revels, the first Black U.S. Senator, and James Meredith, who integrated the University of Mississippi almost a hundred years later.

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