An email to Derby students and families in Wichita said racist text messages are “being addressed” but that “student matters are confidential.”

Several federal and state agencies are investigating how racist mass texts were sent to Black people across the country in the wake of the presidential election this week

Missouri NAACP President Nimrod Chapel said Black students received texts citing Trump’s win and calling them out by name as being “selected to pick cotton” next Tuesday.

The NAACP on Thursday condemned racist text messages referencing slavery that were sent anonymously to Black Americans this week as a contentious election was coming to an end in the United States. The messages urged recipients in multiple states,

Officials and universities in a growing number of U.S. states are condemning racist text messages that were sent to Black residents this week. The messages, which began appearing Wednesday, were received by people in at least 20 states and the District of Columbia,

Racist text messages were sent to scores of Black people the day after the election telling them they had been “selected” to pick cotton “at the nearest plantation.”