The NAACP has denounced a series of racist text messages sent to Black Americans following Donald Trump’s presidential election victory. Recipients from various states, including North Carolina and Alabama, reported offensive messages instructing them to ‘report to a plantation to pick cotton.’ NAACP President Derrick Johnson criticized the implications of Trump’s re-election, linking it to a rise in hate speech. The FBI is aware of the messages but has not confirmed an investigation. Civil rights groups, including the Southern Poverty Law Center, have called the texts a disturbing manifestation of ongoing racism in America.