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History Matters: Fires, Schools, and Towers History Matters
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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.
This week, Scott and Aaron discuss the inventor of the fire extinguisher (or sprinkler?), the opening of the Eiffel Tower, and the writing of the music that became the Star-Spangled Banner. Also: multiple states get a court order to desegregate their schools more than a decade after Brown v. Board of Education, a reminder that the Constitution only has the power that we choose to give it.
Listen:
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.
This week, Scott and Aaron discuss the inventor of the fire extinguisher (or sprinkler?), the opening of the Eiffel Tower, and the writing of the music that became the Star-Spangled Banner. Also: multiple states get a court order to desegregate their schools more than a decade after Brown v. Board of Education, a reminder that the Constitution only has the power that we choose to give it.
Listen:
10 min.