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 in history: Scott and Aaron look back on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a woman who stood up to the Nazis, famed animal advocate Dian Fossey, a World War II-era ban on sliced bread, and the woman who wrote “King Kong” (a movie Scott may or may not have ever actually seen).

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