Racist text messages are being sent to Black Americans, telling them they're selected to be enslaved and assigned to pick cotton on a plantation. The widespread messages are being reported in multiple states and screenshots are going viral on social media sites. The messages vary in details but follow the same basic script.

Grand Prairie NAACP President Angela Luckey said in the last 24 hours, parents of kids attending historically Black colleges have contacted her, concerned about racist text messages they're receiving.

New reports suggest many Americans nationwide may have received racist texts from anonymous senders, and now federal authorities are getting involved.