Dozens of Black people across the country said they have received text messages telling them they had been “selected” to pick cotton “at the nearest plantation.” The messages came just hours after the ...

A text message received by Tawonda Burks of Rochester, who is Black, late Wednesday. Burks was among many Black Americans who reported being targeted by the racist text messages, which authorities say ...

Residents in North Carolina, Michigan and Ohio reported receiving racist texts. Officials in a number of states are responding to reports of racist texts received by residents in the days after the ...

NEW YORK - In nearly a dozen states, Black Americans—especially students—are reporting a disturbing wave of anonymous text messages claiming they’ve been "chosen to pick cotton" at a nearby plantation ...

Black students across the country reportedly received racist text messages from anonymous senders on Wednesday, the day after former president Donald Trump won a divisive presidential election fraught ...