The Weglyns and their Legacy
Michi and Walter Weglyn
Born in California, Michi Nishiura Weglyn was incarcerated as a teenager during World War II with more than 112,000 people of Japanese ancestry. She was a successful costume designer and was the first Japanese American woman to achieve national prominence in this field. In 1976, she published her seminal work titled, Years of Infamy: The Untold Story of America鈥檚 Concentration Camps, the...