This week, Scott and Aaron remember the courageous vice-principal at Little Rock Central High School who protected Black students after integration in 1957. Also: the history of Tax Day, the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and the Confederate surrender at Durham’s Bennett Place.

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This week in history: the first recorded sale of matches, the start of the Civil War, and the birth of pioneering Labor Secretary Frances Perkins – as well as Franklin D. Roosevelt, the president under whom she served as the first-ever female Cabinet secretary. Also: the birth of a largely forgotten but highly influential labor organizer, the signing of a major civil rights bill – and a discussion about the historical importance of small things and under-the-radar developments, which matter more to people’s everyday lives than the “big” events historians so often emphasize.

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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.

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This week in history: an inventor cashes in on his greatest invention – just in time for the patent to be rescinded. Also: the U.S. purchases Alaska from Russia, the Fifteenth Amendment advances in the U.S. Constitution, a drinking song becomes the Star-Spangled Banner, and the yellow school bus makes its debut. (Also, Aaron is nonplussed by a cruise-ship trivia contest, and Scott has the best segue of all time.)

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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.

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This week in history: Scott and Aaron remember St. Patrick and Mr. Rogers – as well as a dog who became celebrated as a World War I hero. Also: Johnny Appleseed spreads fruit (and liquor) across America; and Great Britain repeals the Stamp Act in 1766 – but the U.S. imposes its own stamp tax later, to help protect migratory birds.

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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.

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This week in history: Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone; Juliette Low founds the Girl Scouts; the “Spanish” flu epidemic begins (actually in Kansas); and attorney Ben Ferencz brings the Nazis to justice after World War II.

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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.

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This week, Scott and Aaron look back on the etymological origin of the word “tennis” and the invention of the modern dishwasher. (Both of which come about because of other significant inventions, as it happens.) Also: the Constitution officially takes effect, albeit without a President at first (what a great idea!). And Aaron points out the most important historical detail of all: today is Scott’s birthday.

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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.

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This week in history: the Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge in North Carolina helps spark the Revolutionary War. Also: the derisive word “bunk” is coined in response to a long, rambling speech from a Buncombe County lawmaker; and a British man patents a game that eventually becomes popular when it gets a better name. (Also: Aaron remembers his experience being in the U.S. Capitol for the State of the Union in 2000, and Scott promises to dig into the etymological origins of the word “tennis.”)

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.

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This week in history: legendary astronaut John Glenn orbits the earth – with the help of a chimp named Enos. Also: social reformer Lugenia Hope advances the early civil rights movement; French athlete Marie Marvingt succeeds at every sport imaginable; George Washington celebrates two different birthdays; the toothpick becomes ubiquitous thanks to an ingenious guerilla marketing scheme; and Benjamin Franklin coins the term “battery.”

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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.

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This week in history: Grant Wood and Abraham Lincoln are born, Lincoln poses for a famous portrait, and Nelson Mandela is released from prison. Also: a horrific racist incident in South Carolina in 1946 sparks major civil-rights reform – just one of several big developments in civil rights in America in the three years immediately after World War II.

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.

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This week in history: two trailblazing 19th-century female doctors, the Fifteenth Amendment guaranteeing the right to vote, an extended Christmas celebration, the midpoint between winter and spring – and of course, the long-neglected groundhog.

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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.

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