Civil Rights Board Cracks Open 5K Pages of FBI Cold Files
Published Date: 8/26/2026
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Summary
The Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board received 5,617 pages of records from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) related to three civil rights cold case incidents to which the Review Board assigned the unique identifiers 2023-002-005, 2024-003-029, and 2024-003-052. The agencies proposed 3,691 postponements including postponements of sealed federal grand jury information in the records. On August 7, 2026, the Review Board approved 1,086 postponements and portions of 71 additional postponements and determined that 5,104 pages in full and 513 pages in part should be publicly disclosed in the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection. The Review Board has requested that the Attorney General petition the relevant court to unseal federal grand jury information in the records. 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.
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Public release of civil-rights cold-case records
On August 7, 2026 the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board decided that from 5,617 pages received it will publicly disclose 5,104 pages in full and 513 pages in part. The Board approved 1,086 postponements and portions of 71 additional postponements, and asked the Attorney General to petition the court to unseal federal grand jury information in the records.
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