A wave of protests has swept more than 200 cities across the United States after the senseless killing of a black man named George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers on May 25. Floyd’s violent death at the hands of law enforcement has propelled Black Lives Matter, a decentralized human rights movement that campaigns against violence and systemic racism toward black people, back to the forefront.

Public figures and cultural institutions alike have voiced support of the movement’s fight for justice reform, often taking to social media to express solidarity. Blackout Tuesday, which was conceived by music executives Jamila Thomas and Brianna Agyemang as a way for record labels to temporarily silence themselves to focus on Black activism, took Instagram by storm. Industries of all kinds joined in, though the campaign garnered criticism for inundating the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag with black squares, making it difficult for on-the-ground protesters to access vital information. Well-intentioned supporters who posted black squares likewise faced criticism for pursuing performative and ineffectual forms of activism that seemed to let them off the hook from taking more meaningful steps.

If we can learn one thing from Blackout Tuesday, it’s that voicing support on social media is only a start. There are numerous ways to go further in fighting systemic racism, whether it’s by donating money, attending protests, supporting black businesses, amplifying black voices, or simply educating yourself on the topic. We recommend consulting Time Out, which created a helpful guide of ways to get involved—it includes a thorough list of fundraising drives for organizations such as Black Lives Matter, the National Bail Fund Network, and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, as well as local initiatives based in Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago. Man Repeller’s Elizabeth Tamkin has amassed a list of more than 150 black-owned fashion businesses, many of which are leading fundraising efforts for Black Lives Matter and bail funds. There are even ways to donate if you’re facing financial insecurity due to the coronavirus.

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Amplifying black voices has become critically important as protests against systemic racism and police brutality have swept the nation. Revisit our cover story of Kahlil Joseph, an artist and filmmaker who has emerged as one of the most original voices of his generation.

Ask Kahlil Joseph to talk about his compelling and varied image-making—which has ranged from a tone poem about Compton to a moody, fragmented evocation of Harlem’s past and present—and he’ll invariably shift the focus to his late younger brother, Noah Davis. In 2012, Davis, a promising figurative painter, cofounded the Underground Museum in Los Angeles, with a view to bringing museum-quality exhibitions to his inner-city neighbors. By the time he died at age 32, from cancer, in 2015, Davis had seeded a community of artists and creatives for whom the Underground Museum serves as an incubator and vitalizing force.

Joseph counts himself among them. So do artists Henry Taylor, Arthur Jafa, and Deana Lawson. At the Underground Museum, Barry Jenkins screened Moonlight in 2016 and Solange Knowles held a listening party for her album A Seat at the Table. And it was there that Joseph made the breakthrough that led to his career as an artist. Now, with his riveting short films and installations, the video artist and filmmaker is emerging as one of the most original voices of his generation.

This past year, Joseph, Jafa, and Taylor were all featured artists in the Venice Biennale. Joseph presented BLKNWS, an ambitious, original newscast in the form of a two-channel video montage that combines found clips on the Internet with archival, newly shot, and current news clips. Juxtaposing images on two screens, hung side by side, Joseph explores and reengineers the ways that images of black lives and achievement are delivered.

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