Feds Unlock 1,623 Pages of Chilling Civil Rights Cold Case Files
Published Date: 3/18/2026
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Summary
The Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board decided to release most pages from two important civil rights cold case files, making 1,623 pages available to the public. Some sensitive information will stay sealed for now, but the Board might revisit that later. These decisions follow a law that requires quick public updates and don’t involve any new costs or deadlines for the public.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
1,623 Pages Released to the Public
The Review Board decided to publicly disclose a total of 1,623 pages from two civil rights cold case incidents: 821 pages in full and 34 pages in part for incident 2024-003-050 (decision Feb 27, 2026), and 767 pages in full and 1 page in part for incident 2024-004-011 (decision Mar 6, 2026). Those pages were added to the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection and the Board published its notice on March 18, 2026.
Some Grand Jury Material Remains Sealed
For incident 2024-003-050, NARA proposed 259 postponements of sealed federal grand jury information and the Review Board listed those postponement identifiers (2025-NARA-03-0088 through 2025-NARA-03-0348) as postponed; the Board decided not to ask the Attorney General to petition a court to unseal that information at this time but may revisit the decision later.
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