Kathy M. Newman

Associate Professor of English, Carnegie Mellon University

Movie stars, led by Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart, protest hearings by the House Committee on Un-American Activities in 1947. Bettmann/Getty Images

October 8, 2025

Jane Fonda, other stars, revive the Committee for the First Amendment – a group that emerged when the anti‑communist panic came for Hollywood

Kathy M. Newman, Carnegie Mellon University

Even after the original group fizzled, many of its members were able to keep making films with progressive messages.

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Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
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Joined October 1, 2025