# 2026-22767: Cold Case Records Board Moves Thousands of Civil Rights Pages Toward Release

2026-22767, Notice of Formal Determination on Records Release, is a Federal Register notice from Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board published 2026-11-09, effective 2026-10-23 (as of 2026-11-11).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-22767
- As of: 2026-11-11
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-22767
- Title: Notice of Formal Determination on Records Release
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board
- Citation: 91 FR 70835
- Published: 2026-11-09
- Effective: 2026-10-23
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-11-11

## In one line

Cold Case Records Board Moves Thousands of Civil Rights Pages Toward Release

## Summary

The Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board reviewed over 11,000 pages and a video about two important civil rights cases. They decided to make most of these records public but approved some delays to protect sensitive info. This means more history will be shared soon, with legal steps starting right away to unseal key details, all happening by late 2026.

## Abstract

The Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board received 11,428 pages of records and one video recording from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) related to two civil rights cold case incidents to which the Review Board assigned the unique identifiers 2024-003-008 and 2024-003-060. NARA proposed 1,864 postponements including postponements of sealed federal grand jury information in the records. After consultation with the Review Board, NARA withdrew 64 postponements. On October 23, 2026, the Review Board approved 1,772 postponements and portions of 2 additional postponements. It determined that 9,696 pages in full and 27 pages and one video recording in part should be publicly disclosed in the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection. The Review Board will request that the Attorney General petition the relevant court to unseal federal grand jury information in the records for incident 2024-003-008. 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 thousands of pages: benefit, low. You will get public access to 9,696 pages in full and 27 pages plus one video in part from two civil rights cold case incidents (identifiers 2024-003-008 and 2024-003-060). The Review Board approved these disclosures on October 23, 2026 and published the decision in the Federal Register on November…
- Many proposed postponements were approved: cost, low. NARA proposed 1,864 postponements; after consultation the Review Board recorded that NARA withdrew 64 postponements and the Board approved 1,772 postponements and portions of 2 additional postponements. That means substantial portions of the submitted records remain postponed (withheld) following t…
- Board will seek court unsealing of grand jury material: benefit, medium. The Review Board will ask the Attorney General to petition the relevant court to unseal federal grand jury information in incident 2024-003-008. That petition process was announced in the Board's October 23, 2026 decision and could lead to further public disclosure if the court grants the request.

## Related documents

- [2026-19783](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-19783): Notice of Formal Determination on Records Release, 2026-09-28
- [2026-17441](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-17441): Notice of Formal Determination on Records Release, 2026-08-27
- [2026-17368](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-17368): Notice of Formal Determination on Records Release, 2026-08-26
- [2026-03814](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-03814): Notice of Formal Determination on Records Release, 2026-02-26
- [2025-09417](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-09417): Notice of Formal Determination on Records Release, 2025-05-27
- [2025-07821](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-07821): Notice of Formal Determination on Records Release, 2025-05-06

## Sources
- [2026-22767 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/11/09/2026-22767/notice-of-formal-determination-on-records-release)
- [2026-22767 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-11-09/pdf/2026-22767.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-22767 (as of 2026-11-11).