Michi Challenges History - From Farm Girl to Costume Designer to Relentless Seeker of the Truth: The Life of Michi Nishiura Weglyn

The daughter of Japanese immigrants, Michi Nishiura Weglyn was confined in Arizona's Gila River concentration camp during the Second World War. She later became a costume designer for Broadway and worked as the wardrobe designer for some of the most popular television personalities of the '50s and early '60s.

In 1968, after a televised statement by the US Attorney General that concentration camps in America never existed, Michi embarked on an eight-year solo quest through libraries and the National Archives to expose and account for the existence of the Second World War camps where she and other Japanese Americans were imprisoned. Her research became a major catalyst for passage of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, in which the US government admitted that its treatment of Japanese Americans during the Second World War was wrong.  

Thoroughly researched and intricately told, Michi Challenges History is a masterful portrayal of one woman's fight for the truth-and for justice.

About the author

Ken Mochizuki is the author of several award-winning books for young readers, most notably Baseball Saved Us. He is a well-known historian of Asian Pacific history and regularly presents to schools and universities. He lives in Seattle.

Summary

A powerful biography of Michi Weglyn, the Japanese-American fashion designer whose activism fuelled a movement for recognition of and reparations for America’s Second World War concentration camps

Product details

• Authors: Ken Mochizuki, Mochizuki Ken
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 10 to 14
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.03.2023
• EAN: 9781324015888
• ISBN: 978-1-324-01588-8
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 239 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 461 g
• Illustrations: 25 illustrations
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > History, politics; Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; USA, YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Women, Practical interests (Children's / Teenage), YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Fashion, People & places (Children's / Teenage), United States of America, USA, Educational: History, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Clothing and fashion, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Girls and women, Children’s / Teenage: Social issues / topics, YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Asian American & Pacific Islander