Blackout Tuesday

Social Movements

Blackout Tuesday was a collective action held on June 2, 2020, to protest racism and police brutality. It was originally organized within the music industry in response to the murder of George Floyd, the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, and the killing of Breonna Taylor. Participating businesses were encouraged to pause music releases and other operations. Some outlets used blacked out, silent, or minimal programming for 8 minutes and 46 seconds.

Date: June 2, 2020
Purpose: Protest racism and police brutality
Origins: Originally organized within the music industry

Sources and credits

Article: Blackout Tuesday (English Wikipedia)
Wikidata: Q95994828
Text: Card text is adapted from the English Wikipedia article by an automated summary. Wikipedia content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for its contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Article history and contributors
Illustration: By Fibonacci. Public domain · File page on Wikimedia Commons
Fibonacci, Own work
Modifications: Resized and converted to WebP
Popularity: 50 median daily views (Wikimedia Pageviews API (all-access, user agent))

Kosmora is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Wikimedia Foundation.