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.

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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

The parent of an Orlando student said her daughter received an anonymous text message instructing her “to pick cotton at the nearest plantation,” similar to racist messages that are under federal ...