Rickey Kinard Hood

Background

Hood, Rickey Kinard was born on December 29, 1960 in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. Son of Leroy and Effie Lene Hood.

Education

Associate in Fine Arts, Central Piedmont Community College, 2000.

Career

Freelance journalist The Black Reign Newspaper, Staten Island, New York, since 2000. Correctional officer , since 2000.

Achievements

• Rickey Kinard Hood has been listed as a noteworthy corrections officer, English educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Poetry workshop leader, lecturer Beatties Ford Road Library., Charlotte, 1996-2000. Founder The Charlotte Renaissance Black Poets and Writers Group, Charlotte, since 1998. Member International Black Writers.

Interests

• Living life.

Connections

Father:

Leroy Hood

Mother:

Effie Lene Hood