J. Emmett Winn is Professor of Film Studies at Auburn University. He is the co-editor of Transmitting the Past: Historical and Cultural Perspectives on Broadcasting (2005).

J. Emmett Winn's Documenting Racism: African Americans in US Department of Agriculture Documentaries, 1921-42 presents a scholarly and illuminating study of representations of African-Americans in some key documentaries released by the US Department of Agriculture. Since these films are little-known, Winn provides important contextualization of once much seen and influential documentaries and strong criticism of the racism embedded in these films.

• Chapter 1: The Agricultural Extension FilmChapter 2: Helping Negroes Become Better Farmers and Homemakers (1921)Chapter 3: The Negro Farmer (1938)Chapter 4: Three Counties against Syphilis (1938)Chapter 5: Henry Browne, Farmer (1942)Chapter 6: Politics, Propaganda, and African-American FarmersBibliographyIndex

J. Emmett Winn is Professor of Film Studies at Auburn University. He is the co-editor of Transmitting the Past: Historical and Cultural Perspectives on Broadcasting (2005).

J. Emmett Winn's Documenting Racism: African Americans in US Department of Agriculture Documentaries, 1921-42 presents a scholarly and illuminating study of representations of African-Americans in some key documentaries released by the US Department of Agriculture. Since these films are little-known, Winn provides important contextualization of once much seen and influential documentaries and strong criticism of the racism embedded in these films.

• Chapter 1: The Agricultural Extension FilmChapter 2: Helping Negroes Become Better Farmers and Homemakers (1921)Chapter 3: The Negro Farmer (1938)Chapter 4: Three Counties against Syphilis (1938)Chapter 5: Henry Browne, Farmer (1942)Chapter 6: Politics, Propaganda, and African-American FarmersBibliographyIndex

J. Emmett Winn is Professor of Film Studies at Auburn University. He is the co-editor of Transmitting the Past: Historical and Cultural Perspectives on Broadcasting (2005).

J. Emmett Winn's Documenting Racism: African Americans in US Department of Agriculture Documentaries, 1921-42 presents a scholarly and illuminating study of representations of African-Americans in some key documentaries released by the US Department of Agriculture. Since these films are little-known, Winn provides important contextualization of once much seen and influential documentaries and strong criticism of the racism embedded in these films.

• Chapter 1: The Agricultural Extension FilmChapter 2: Helping Negroes Become Better Farmers and Homemakers (1921)Chapter 3: The Negro Farmer (1938)Chapter 4: Three Counties against Syphilis (1938)Chapter 5: Henry Browne, Farmer (1942)Chapter 6: Politics, Propaganda, and African-American FarmersBibliographyIndex