This Week in People’s History, Sep 23–29, 2026

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Sailors on the deck of the USS Monitor during the Civil War Non-Discrimination Fills the Civil War Navy’s Recruitment Goal (1861), Are Storms of Moral Indignation a Thing of the Past? (1852), The World Gets Its First Billionaire (1916), Teaching Black Children to Accept a Debased Place Within Society (1760)
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