Awards & Winners

Michi Weglyn

Date of Birth 29-November-1926
Place of Birth Stockton
(San Joaquin County, California, United States of America, Area code 209)
Nationality
Profession Costume Designer, Writer
Michi Nishiura Weglyn was the author of the book Years of Infamy: The Untold Story of America’s Concentration Camps, which fueled a movement leading to reparations for Japanese Americans interned during World War II. She was also a vocal advocate for those denied redress under the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 and for the more than 2,000 Japanese Peruvians who were taken from their homes by the U.S. government and used in a hostage exchange program with Japan.

Awards by Michi Weglyn

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1977


Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
Honored for : Years of Infamy: The Untold Story of America's Concentration Camps