Old images of African Americans picking cotton remind many of the oppression ... Cotton is just a plant, and it's a magical plant at that. It was people that were oppressive and made us work ...

Dozens of Black people across the U.S. have reported receiving alarming text messages claiming they were “selected” to pick cotton at the nearest plantation. The messages, which appeared just ...

You know we have seven million acres of cotton,” said Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller, who oversees the state’s vast farming industry. Many people have been choosing synthetic ...

Getty Images It is alleged that Uyghur people are forced to pick cotton that supplies the global market In December the BBC published an investigation based on new research showing China was ...

But as those people interacted with each other and with the slave population ... Within that community, not everyone was picking cotton or doing domestic work—some slaves worked as blacksmiths and ...

Multiple people wrote to WRAL News, saying they received racist and threatening text messages. In them, the messenger tells them they’ve been “selected to pick cotton.” The texts went out to ...

An estimated 2.2-3 million people were involved in at least some aspect of the ... While cotton harvest mechanization reduces the need for state-mobilized labor for manual cotton picking it may also ...

Ohio State takes on Texas in the Cotton Bowl, which serves as a semifinal in the College Football Playoff. The Buckeyes are ...