Racist texts about slaves and ‘picking cotton’ sent to Black people as state AGs, colleges and police probe their origins By Ashley R. Williams , Jack Forrest , Jillian Sykes and Sean Lyngaas ...

US authorities are investigating reports of black people receiving racist text messages from unrecognised phone numbers telling them they have been "selected to pick cotton at the nearest plantation".

(CNN) — Authorities across the United States are investigating after racist text messages – some with references to “slave catchers” and “picking cotton” reminiscent of the country ...

(CNN) — 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 and ...

Many Black Americans across the country have reported receiving text messages over recent days telling them they’re now slaves and will be picking cotton. The shocking messages have come from a ...

I WAS LIKE, WHAT TEXT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? AND THAT’S WHEN SHE KIND OF WENT INTO DETAIL AND SHE SAID IT WAS ABOUT SLAVERY GOING TO PICK COTTON. I SAID, NO, I DIDN’T GET IT. THE MESSAGE READ ...