This Labor Day week, Scott and Aaron celebrate the labor movement – which, surprisingly, has always been largely driven by the fight for free time, like weekends and paid leave. Also: Scott and Aaron remember an advocate for early childhood education, famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass, the 1775 Third Provincial Congress in Hillsborough, an American painting legend – and two guys who used their free time to complete a towering (and very time-consuming!) achievement.
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.