The messages have been reported in at least 24 states since last Wednesday. Many teenagers and college students reported being among those who received racist text messages sent to phone numbers ...

Dozens of black Americans have received text messages telling them they had been "selected" to pick cotton "at the nearest plantation". The messages invoking slavery were sent to university ...

Black middle school, high school and university students across the U.S. have reported receiving racist texts about being “selected to pick cotton at the nearest plantation,” prompting ...