Cassie

Cassie is the main character and first-person narrator in “The Office of Historical Corrections” (162). She works for the Institute for Public History (IPH), a government agency that specializes in making corrections to historical facts. Her work takes her to Cherry Mill, Wisconsin, where she investigates an incident that took place in the 1930s in which a mob of white residents of the town set fire to a shop belonging to Josiah Wynslow, a Black man who was initially believed to have died in the event.

Cassie has a complex relationship with Genevieve, who she has known since fourth grade and has found herself working alongside in various settings. The two women attended the same high school and the same graduate program, and worked together at IPH. During the time of the story, Cassie is in an unofficial relationship with a man named Daniel in Washington DC, and she...