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 ...

NYACK - Nyack middle- and high-school students reported receiving text messages saying they were "selected to pick cotton," part of a trend that Black college students in the South reported receiving ...

People across the country, including parts of Northern California, reported receiving racist spam text messages in the days after the election. Latoya Bufford of Sacramento said that while on a work ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. — "I read the message and my first reaction was 'oh my God,'" said Tawonda Burks, a Rochester business owner and mother of five. Thousands of Black residents in at least 19 other ...

HOUSTON — A Houston-area mother told KHOU 11 News that her daughter is just one of the many Black Americans who received a specifically worded, racist text message the day after the Nov. 5 election.

WASHINGTON — This week, multiple DMV residents reported getting anonymous text messages telling them to report for "slave" plantation assignments. The racist spam texts are targeting Black people ...