Andre Woolery aims to make reparations real for the Black community using his art

Image Image Credit Ajai True Image Alt Andre Woolery Image Size landscape-medium Image Position center Andre Woolery wants to ensure that every dollar makes a difference – and sense – by introducing artwork that facilitates forward movement for the community through his Black Stacks initiative. On what inspired him to launch the new company, Woolery, who’s also the head of brand content at REVOLT’s creative agency Six Zeros, told us, “I always do artwork. I’ve always been a person that does portraiture, specifically Black portraiture, and I was looking for a new project and kind of brainstorming.” He continued, “One of the biggest things that affects our world is money, and at the time I was just doing some exploring and routing.” Woolery’s discovery led him to have the same feeling he felt when he first read Ta-Nehisi Coates’ article titled “A Case for Reparations,” which was published in The Atlantic in 2014. Image Image Credit Ajai True Image Alt Black Stacks Image Size landscape-medium Image Position center “That [article] always stirred something in me. But then, somewhere along the lines, I learned about John Conyers and realized that he was central in the movement for reparations. I realized that...