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.

Scott and Aaron talk about the weird connections that define history – like the wartime graphite shortage that led to the invention of the pencil, or the famous American writer who started classifying pencils by number. Also this week: courageous women who fought back against ageism and racial segregation, and the launch of America’s first traffic light – in Cleveland, Ohio, of all places.

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