The FBI is investigating a wave of offensive and racist text messages sent to African American and Black communities across the United States.

While some of the texts were signed 'A Trump supporter,' Donald Trump's campaign denounced the messages, calling them ...

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 ...

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

Reports have been flooding in of Black people across the United States ... text messages referencing slavery and "picking cotton", following Donald Trump's presidential election win. These racist ...

The racist text messages have been reported by people in more than a dozen US states, including California, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Michigan, North Carolina, Virginia and Alabama. The wording of ...

Many teenagers and college students reported being among those who received racist text messages sent to phone ... "I don't understand why they don't like us because of the color of our skin." ...

A text messaging service announced Friday that it ended the accounts of users allegedly connected to racists texts sent following the election.