Hot Topic Video Lectures : Internment camps, Hollywood and Politics on C-Span Dec17/18

C-Span has recently published a couple of videos that I think will be appreciated here.

In this video from Dec 13 of this year Professor Ellen Wu lectured on Japanese-American internment in the United States during World War II.

C-Span Lecture : Internment Camps WWII

And the second video :

"Washington, DC
Sunday, December 18, 2011

Steven Ross is Chair of the History Department at University of Southern California.

He’s also the author of, “Hollywood Left and Right: How Movie Stars Shaped American Politics.”

He gives an hour long talk at the California Historical Society in San Francisco on the history of Hollywood and American Politics."

C-Span Lecture: Hollywood and American Politics

I find the timing of these videos peculiar at least. Nonetheless they are worth the time.