https://www.acls.org/news/august-13-2025-advocacy-update/?utm_source=ACLS+News+and+Updates&utm_campaign=96e2139ca6-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_08_11_04_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-96e2139ca6-669512150 [https://www.acls.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/ACLS-Advocacy-in-Action.png]<https://www.acls.org/news/august-13-2025-advocacy-update/?utm_source=ACLS+News+and+Updates&utm_campaign=96e2139ca6-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_08_11_04_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-96e2139ca6-669512150> August 13, 2025 Advocacy Update - ACLS<https://www.acls.org/news/august-13-2025-advocacy-update/?utm_source=ACLS+News+and+Updates&utm_campaign=96e2139ca6-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_08_11_04_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-96e2139ca6-669512150> The eighteenth century college commencement was a place for arguing over differences that would lead many students and their friends and families to loyalist exile or death in battle. Contrast the agreement Columbia University made in late July, which hints at the pressure the administration brought to bear on the university to shut down political activism. It prohibits protest in “places ... www.acls.org https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2025/08/letter-to-the-smithsonian-internal-review-of-smithsonian-exhibitions-and-materials/?utm_source=ACLS+News+and+Updates&utm_campaign=96e2139ca6-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_08_11_04_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-96e2139ca6-669512150 [https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/WH47-Social-Share-Card.jpg]<https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2025/08/letter-to-the-smithsonian-internal-review-of-smithsonian-exhibitions-and-materials/?utm_source=ACLS+News+and+Updates&utm_campaign=96e2139ca6-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_08_11_04_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-96e2139ca6-669512150> Letter to the Smithsonian: Internal Review of Smithsonian Exhibitions and Materials - The White House<https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2025/08/letter-to-the-smithsonian-internal-review-of-smithsonian-exhibitions-and-materials/?utm_source=ACLS+News+and+Updates&utm_campaign=96e2139ca6-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_08_11_04_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-96e2139ca6-669512150> The Honorable Lonnie G. Bunch III Secretary, Smithsonian Institution 1000 Jefferson Dr SW Washington, DC 20560 Subject: Internal Review of Smithsonian www.whitehouse.gov Loretta Parham Interim Executive Director HBCU Library Alliance<https://hbculibraries.org/> Phone: (678) 210-5801 ext. 101 Email: Lparham@hbculibraries.org<mailto:lparham@hbculibraries.org>