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Blackout Day: How Central Florida businesses, customers are utilizing the day

ORLANDO, Fla. — Across the country, many Americans are supporting Black-owned businesses for Blackout Day.

The initiative started in early May after the killings of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and George Floyd.

It’s a move that has sparked a wave of civic, political and economic action.

READ: Blackout Day 2020: What is it? What is impact?

Blackout Day is a day to shower Black-owned businesses with support in a continued push for social justice and economic equality.

“Supporting Black businesses today creates a whole different understanding about how important we are as a people and what we have always brought to the table of understanding,” said J. Henry, the owner of J. Henry Barbershop.

Watch the video above for more information about how Orlando businesses and customers are embracing Blackout Tuesday.

Karen Parks

Karen Parks, WFTV.com

Karen Parks is a reporter at WFTV.

Sarah Wilson

Sarah Wilson, WFTV.com

Sarah Wilson joined WFTV Channel 9 in 2018 as a digital producer after working as an award-winning newspaper reporter for nearly a decade in various communities across Central Florida.