Instagram users were encouraged to caption their picture #BlackoutTuesday as a form of solidarity and online activism ignorer to amplify the voices of the black community. Users posted the names and website links to local black-owned businesses and organizations such as Black Outside, Inc. Holmes is the executive director of Black Outside. It remained inactive for approximately 40 years until Black Outside resurrected the program last year. “Last year we served 30 girls,” Holmes said.

The music is going quiet for "Blackout Tuesday" to let the sounds of protest and calls for action be heard. "The music industry is a multi-billion dollar industry. #TheShowMustBePaused pic.twitter.com/5DC7bWNMvJ Timmy Trumpet (@TimmyTrumpet) June 1, 2020Artists, Creators and music industry moguls. We stand in solidarity with the #BlackLivesMatter movement.#TheShowMustBePaused pic.twitter.com/9LWEjR6Vqy Reprezent 107.3FM (@ReprezentRadio) June 1, 2020We join our friends in the music industry to support Black Out Tuesday. RELATED CONTENT:George Floyd's Brother Calls for 'Positive Change' Amid Nationwide ProtestsNick Cannon Explains Why He Had to Attend George Floyd ProtestsGeorge Clooney Pens Essay Following Death of George FloydCole Sprouse Says He Was Arrested for Protesting George Floyd Death

A video scroll of the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag on Instagram proves her point: It's row after row of black squares, with very few posts of note in between. Dont use the #BlackLivesMatter tag, activists sayThere are two issues here: One, the actual tags used on Blackout Tuesday posts. Two, the actual purpose of posting a black image in the first place. And since people have been including the #BlackLivesMatter tag, in the words of activist Feminista Jones, the protests have been erased from Instagram. "When you check the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag, it's no longer videos, helpful information, resources, documentation of the injustice, it's rows of black screens," music artist Kehlani explained on her Instagram story.

SAN ANTONIO Blackout Tuesday is an initiative started in the music industry that has gained steam across social media in an effort to memorialize George Floyd and to raise awareness to help combat systemic racism. Blackout Tuesday posts consist of sharing an all-black, or blackout, photo with the hashtag #BlackoutTuesday on social media platforms. In South Texas, the San Antonio Spurs and San Antonio Football Club, which has the same parent company as the Spurs, have posted for Blackout Tuesday and included the caption Black Lives Matter.Spurs player LaMarcus Aldridge posted a black image on social media with a fist emoji showing solidarity. A number of artists have also canceled listening parties or fan events in response, according to a CNN article shared Tuesday morning. Other San Antonio businesses who are participating in Blackout Tuesday can be found on Instagram with the following handles:*Please note this list is not all-inclusive.

"Blackout Tuesday is an opportunity to amplify black voices, support black business owners, etcetera -- not mute them," Woods tells ET. "Don't post the black picture for Blackout Tuesday UNLESS you are going to share some useful information on your stories/on other grid posts. "Don't post the black picture and then an hour later post something about your personal life/a selfie/OOTD, etc. "I don't think the movement has ever been this powerful. We don't need to slow it down by posting nothing.