The FBI said it is investigating the case but ... s alert system was initially meant to catch spam or phishing text messages.

The messages tell recipients they have been selected "to pick cotton" or “chosen to be a slave", authorities say.

Racist text messages invoking slavery raised alarm across the country this week after they were sent to Black men, women and ...

The FBI and other authorities are looking into how Black Americans in Ohio and other states received racist text messages.

Variations of a racist text message are being sent to Black students in Oklahoma and across the country. The FBI is ...

The FBI is investigating a series of racist text messages targeting black people across the country, including in Houston.

Both the FBI and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) have published statements saying they are aware of the mass ...

The messages invoked slavery and some instructed the recipient to show up at an address at a particular time “with your ...

Text messages invoking slavery raised alarm across the country this week after they were sent to Black men, women and ...

Officials and universities in a growing number of U.S. states are condemning racist text messages that were sent to Black ...

Federal and local authorities are investigating a host of racist text messages sent to an unknown number of Black recipients ...

Racist text messages are being sent to Black Americans in Ohio and around the nation, telling them they're selected to be enslaved and assigned to pick cotton on a plantation.