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 ...

Federal and state authorities are working to find the origins of racist text messages sent to Black people across the country referencing slavery and telling them they were “selected to pick cotton at ...

State attorneys general across the country are urging people to notify the authorities if they received one of the racist text messages sent Wednesday to scores of Black people, telling them they had ...