Just days after Election Day 2024, anonymous text messages have targeted Black Americans across nearly a dozen states, instructing them to “pick cotton" at local plantations.

Grand Prairie NAACP President Angela Luckey said in the last 24 hours, parents of kids attending historically Black colleges have contacted her, concerned about racist text messages they're receiving.

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. The widespread messages are being reported in multiple states and screenshots are going viral on social media sites.

Starting the day after Election Day, Black Americans across nearly a dozen states have received texts telling them they have been selected to become a slave. These texts have been reported in South Carolina,

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Mass racist text messages sent to Black people across America spark investigations - The messages, sent anonymously, were reported in several states, including New York, Alabama, California, Ohio, Pen