The FBI and authorities in several states are investigating racist text messages sent to Black people nationwide this week saying they would be brought to plantations to work as enslaved people ...

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 ...

Here’s a photo of what the scam can look like: Example of EBT text scam Arkoosh says DHS will never text ... to the Office of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Racist text messages were sent to some Black students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, part of a nationwide wave of threatening texts in the wake of Election Day that has caught the FBI's ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Racist text messages invoking slavery raised alarm across the country this week after they were sent to ...

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 ...

Authorities across the United States are investigating after racist text messages – some with references to “slave catchers” and “picking cotton” reminiscent of the country’s painful ...