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 bigoted past ...

(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 ...

UNION COUNTY, N.C. (WBTV/Gray News) - A North Carolina mother says her middle school student was asked to pick cotton during a lesson about the Industrial Revolution this week. The mother, who asked ...

Incendiary Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett suggested the United States needs immigrants for farm jobs because black people “are done picking cotton” while speaking at a historically black church over the ...

(CNN) — Authorities across the United States are investigating after racist text messages – some with references to “slave catchers” and “picking cotton” – have been received by children, college ...

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, CNN Nov 7 ...