Have you heard of the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board? This is a group of lawyers, journalists, archivists, and historians authorized by Congress and appointed by the president to declassify and release federal records relating to criminal cases from the civil rights era. 🗃️
A small government agency is releasing federal documents by the thousands that shed new light on racial and other forms of violence in the civil rights era—but the clock is ticking on its work.
