Authorities across the United States are investigating after several people, including children and college students, reported receiving racist text messages from unrecognized phone numbers in recent days.

People throughout the D.C. area and across the country reported receiving racist spam text messages the day after the election that told them to report to plantations to pick cotton.

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 polarized presidential election came to a close ...

Racist text messages are reportedly being sent to people of color across the country, and within the past few days, some Lowcountry individuals say they have received the texts themselves. State Rep.

Black Americans across the country have been receiving racist text messages about "picking cotton" following Donald Trump's win in the presidential election. The text messages displaying messages such as "You have been selected to pick cotton at the nearest plantation,

Dauphin County residents are among an unknown number of Black people across the country to receive racist text messages saying they were selected to pick cotton one day after the nation elected Donald J.

A local viewer sent in a spam-like text message they received from an unknown number stating they were 'selected to pick cotton a the nearest plantation.'

Racist text messages about plantations and picking cotton were sent to Black people nationwide following the presidential election