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 discuss a pioneering 19th-century Black engineer whose success gave rise to the phrase “the real McCoy.” Also, Scott celebrates investigative journalist Nellie Bly and two 20th-century women both named Brooks – and Aaron reminds us that history repeats itself, so we can get perspective about today’s events (like the Gaza protests on campus and the police response) by looking at how similar events transpired in the past.

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