"It’s no accident that most of the names and stories scrubbed from the record are those of people of color. American history needs more names, not fewer... Take that shoe box out of your closet and label your family photos. Everyone’s story matters."
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When a Historian Saw This Haunting Photograph of a Nameless Native Girl, She Decided She Had to Identify Her
In 1868, Sophie Mousseau was photographed at Fort Laramie alongside six white Army officers. But her identity—and her life story—remained unknown for more than a century
