About The Author
Renee R. Micou was born in Michigan, raised and educated in Ohio, graduating from from Withrow High
School. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Kentucky State University and a Master of Arts
degree in Education from Tennessee State University. In addition, she has earned continuing education
credits from the University of Chicago, through the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Leadership Training
Program.
Following graduation, Renee became a teacher with the Nashville Metropolitan Board of Education in
Tennessee. Broadening her professional experience, she accepted the position of Assistant Grant
Coordinator of the Advanced Development Program at Norfolk State University in Norfolk, Virginia.
While serving in this position, she managed a multi-million dollar federally funded project. She wrote a
proposal for a multi-million dollar supplemental grant, traveling to the Department of Health, Education
and Welfare, in Washington, D.C. to present and defend the proposal. Norfolk State was awarded the
addidtional grant.
In the fall of 1978, Renee returned to Cincinnati, Ohio and was hired as the first African American female
Sales Representative in the Cincinnati District Sales Office of Ford Motor Company. It is believed she was
only the second African American female hired by Ford, for this position, worldwide.
After twenty-three years, she retired quickly embracing the opportunity to fulfill her passion of writing;
however, in her spare time, she decided to return to the field of education as a substitute teacher. It was
her expereince in this position which left her surprised, stunned and shocked at the blatant changes in
some of the attitudes of school aged children and teens. It was also the total lack of respect evidenced in
themselves and toward others that caught her attention. Instantly she sensed an overwhelming need to
do all she could to affect a positive change in the lives of as many young people as possible, as well as,
opening the eyes of those who are responsible for the welfare of the children of the future, thus creating
the birth of The Deterioration of the Black Child: Getting Back to Basics.
Renee currently resides in Michigan with her husband, Herbert. He is a retired middle school
administrator, with thrity-seven years of experience in the Ann Arbor Public School System.
Renee's greatest influence has been her parents, the Rev. James M. Reed, Sr., (deceased) and Constance
Jewell S. Reed. Together, they have been her disciplinarians, teachers, spiritual advisors and leaders, her
rock, support, inspiriation and most powerful encouragers. The spirit of all that has been and what is to
become . . . is engrained in her belief in the power of the Almight, something her parents instilled in her
from birth. She professes and adamately believes that . . .
"God does not give you the vision without giving you the victory".
Renee R. Micou was born in Michigan, raised and educated in Ohio, graduating from from Withrow High
School. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Kentucky State University and a Master of Arts
degree in Education from Tennessee State University. In addition, she has earned continuing education
credits from the University of Chicago, through the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Leadership Training
Program.
Following graduation, Renee became a teacher with the Nashville Metropolitan Board of Education in
Tennessee. Broadening her professional experience, she accepted the position of Assistant Grant
Coordinator of the Advanced Development Program at Norfolk State University in Norfolk, Virginia.
While serving in this position, she managed a multi-million dollar federally funded project. She wrote a
proposal for a multi-million dollar supplemental grant, traveling to the Department of Health, Education
and Welfare, in Washington, D.C. to present and defend the proposal. Norfolk State was awarded the
addidtional grant.
In the fall of 1978, Renee returned to Cincinnati, Ohio and was hired as the first African American female
Sales Representative in the Cincinnati District Sales Office of Ford Motor Company. It is believed she was
only the second African American female hired by Ford, for this position, worldwide.
After twenty-three years, she retired quickly embracing the opportunity to fulfill her passion of writing;
however, in her spare time, she decided to return to the field of education as a substitute teacher. It was
her expereince in this position which left her surprised, stunned and shocked at the blatant changes in
some of the attitudes of school aged children and teens. It was also the total lack of respect evidenced in
themselves and toward others that caught her attention. Instantly she sensed an overwhelming need to
do all she could to affect a positive change in the lives of as many young people as possible, as well as,
opening the eyes of those who are responsible for the welfare of the children of the future, thus creating
the birth of The Deterioration of the Black Child: Getting Back to Basics.
Renee currently resides in Michigan with her husband, Herbert. He is a retired middle school
administrator, with thrity-seven years of experience in the Ann Arbor Public School System.
Renee's greatest influence has been her parents, the Rev. James M. Reed, Sr., (deceased) and Constance
Jewell S. Reed. Together, they have been her disciplinarians, teachers, spiritual advisors and leaders, her
rock, support, inspiriation and most powerful encouragers. The spirit of all that has been and what is to
become . . . is engrained in her belief in the power of the Almight, something her parents instilled in her
from birth. She professes and adamately believes that . . .
"God does not give you the vision without giving you the victory".
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