As wrongheaded as they were in vying to keep the U.S. out of World War II, the America First Committee took great pains to avoid fetishizing fascism. While the group certainly attracted its share ...

Long eager lines stood outside waiting to sign petitions,” a Tribune reporter wrote after visiting the local chapter of the America First Committee at 80 E. Jackson Blvd. The Tribune ...

Out of their conversation grew the America First Committee. Last week General Wood’s committee—the antithesis of William Allen White’s Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies—had ...

Founded by a handful of students, it became the largest anti-war group in US history. In 1940, American public opinion for providing aid to Britain was slowly starting to change. Charles Lindbergh ...