The Hous­ton Tex­ans remained in their lock­er room dur­ing the nation­al anthem before their open­er against the Kansas City Chiefs in a coor­di­nat­ed dis­play meant to bring aware­ness to Black Lives Mat­ter and oth­er social jus­tice initiatives.

A moment of silence ded­i­cat­ed to the ongo­ing fight for equal­i­ty in our coun­try. #ItTake­sAllO­fUs pic.twitter.com/srC0SlnWdh

— NFL (@NFL) Sep­tem­ber 11, 2020

The anthem was per­formed by R&B duo Chloe X Halle from an emp­ty sta­di­um and streamed on the video screens. As soon as it was over, the Tex­ans and their coach­ing staff ran out of the tun­nel in the cor­ner of Arrow­head Stadium.

The Chiefs stood along their side­line dur­ing the anthem. Most of them had their hands over the hearts.

The two teams then met at mid­field to shake hands while mes­sages such as “We believe Black lives mat­ter” and “It takes all of us” played on the screen. They then lined up from end zone to end zone in a show of sol­i­dar­i­ty before the coin toss.

The Chiefs won the toss and deferred to the sec­ond half.