# 2025-22159: Feds Unlock 22 Pages of Decades-Old Civil Rights Mystery

2025-22159, Notice of Formal Determination on Records Release, is a Federal Register notice from Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board published 2025-12-08, effective 2025-10-24 (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-22159
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-22159
- Title: Notice of Formal Determination on Records Release
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board
- Citation: 90 FR 56716
- Published: 2025-12-08
- Effective: 2025-10-24
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

Feds Unlock 22 Pages of Decades-Old Civil Rights Mystery

## Summary

The Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board decided to release 22 pages of important records about a civil rights cold case. These records will now be public, following a law that makes sure such decisions are shared quickly. This update affects anyone interested in civil rights history and transparency, with no costs or delays involved.

## Abstract

The Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board identified 22 pages of records held by the National Archives and Records Administration related to one civil rights cold case incident to which the Review Board assigned the unique identifier 2024-003-062. On October 24, 2025, the Review Board met and determined that 22 pages in full should be publicly disclosed in the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection. By issuing this notice, the Review Board complies with the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Act of 2018 that requires the Review Board to publish in the Federal Register its determinations on the disclosure or postponement of records in the Collection no more than 14 days after the date of its decision.

## Effects PRIA read

- Public release of 22 cold-case pages: benefit, low. On October 24, 2025, the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board decided to publicly disclose 22 pages of records related to cold case identifier 2024-003-062. The Board issued a Federal Register notice (docket CRCCRRB-2026-0004-N) dated December 3, 2025, to make that determination public as re…

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## Sources
- [2025-22159 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/08/2025-22159/notice-of-formal-determination-on-records-release)
- [2025-22159 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-08/pdf/2025-22159.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-22159 (as of 2026-06-08).