The 19th annual Freedom Fund Gala was held at Salisbury University to acknowledge the work being done to uplift the Black ...

Students from at least three historically Black colleges and universities like Hampton University, Fisk University and ...

The messages urged recipients in multiple states to report to a plantation to pick cotton, an offensive reference to past ...

Missouri NAACP President Nimrod Chapel said Black students who are members of the organization’s Missouri State University ...

Text messages referencing slavery and cotton picking have circulated to young Black people in several states including Kentucky, FBI Louisville said.

Federal and state authorities are working to find the origins of racist text messages sent to Black people across the country ...

After the presidential election, racist texts referencing "slave catchers" and "picking cotton" have prompted investigations ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Racist text messages invoking slavery raised alarm across the country this week after they were sent to Black men, women and students, including middle schoolers, prompting inquiries ...

The texts were received by people in states including Alabama, Texas, Georgia, Florida, Maryland, Pennsylvania, South ...

Tasha Dunham of Lodi, California, said her 16-year-old daughter showed her one of the messages Wednesday evening before her ...

SAGINAW, Mich. (WNEM) - A racist text message sent out to Black men, women and students across the country has the Black community on alert. The anonymous texts all have similar wording, instructing ...

Ryan Coleman discusses the impact of lowered expectations on the Black community and young people, and the need for high standards and excellence.