It is simply service that measures success. 

A series of NappyGram prints. The quote originated from Dr. George Washington Carver. The full quote is “It is not the style of clothes one wears, neither the kind of automobile one drives, nor the amount of money one has in the bank, that counts. These mean nothing. It is simply service that measures success.”  He is an agricultural scientist and the first African American faculty member at Iowa State University.  The texts are on top of the human figure.

The backside of the postcard is Amos Kennedy Jr.'s word to its collector Brockett Horne. 

This piece was presented at the Hermes Gallery in Halifax.

The term "NappyGram" was coined from Amos Kennedy's personal experience at Indiana University, where a report referred to the hiring of “non-white” members instead of “colored” members.

The origin of NAPPY was both a critique and a humorous take on the issue of racial disparity within academic art departments.