Civil Rights Cold Cases Crack Open: Secrets Released, Some Sealed
Published Date: 5/12/2026
Notice
Summary
The Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board reviewed over 7,600 pages of records about two important civil rights cases. They decided to release most of the documents to the public but postponed some sensitive info, including sealed grand jury details. This means more history will be shared soon, with some parts still under wraps while legal steps to unseal them are underway.
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2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Major public records release
You can access a large batch of civil rights cold case records: the Review Board received 7,664 pages and determined that 7,312 pages in full and 178 pages in part should be publicly disclosed. The Board published its determinations after approving them on April 24, 2026, and issued this notice in the Federal Register on May 12, 2026.
Sealed grand jury information postponed
Some sensitive information was postponed, including sealed federal grand jury details. Agencies proposed 1,458 postponements, the Department of Justice and the FBI withdrew 68 postponements, and on April 24, 2026 the Review Board approved 737 postponements and portions of 71 additional postponements; the Board will request the Attorney General petition the court to unseal grand jury information for incident 2023-001-003.
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