ROCHESTER, Minn. — "I read the message and my first reaction was 'oh my God,'" said Tawonda Burks, a Rochester business owner and mother of five. Thousands of Black residents in at least 19 other states have received racist messages in the past few days ...

Dozens of Black people across the country said they have received text messages telling them they had been “selected” to pick cotton “at the nearest plantation.” The messages came just hours after the polarized presidential election came to a close this week.