 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Keith akaberekerwa uye akakurira muDetroit, Michigan, kwaakapedza kudzidza kuNorthwestern High School muna 1939. Keith akabva aenda kuWest Virginia State College uko akagamuchira Bachelor of Arts degree muna 1943. Akashanda muUnited States Army kubva muna 1943 kusvika muna 1946. Akazoenda kuHoward University Chikoro cheMutemo kwaakawana Bachelor of Laws muna 1949, uye Wayne State University Law School kwaakawana Master of Laws muna 1956. Akanga ari mubasa romunhu oga romutemo muDetroit kubva muna 1950 kusvika muna 1967. Akanga ari gweta muHofisi yeShamwari yeDare muDetroit kubva muna 1951 kusvika muna 1955. Muna 1964 Keith akasarudzwa kuva sachigaro weMichigan Civil Rights Commission pamwe chete naJohn Feikens uye akanga ari mutambi anokosha munguva dzakasuruvara dzakatevera mhirizhonga dzemarudzi dzomuDetroit. 