Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Dr. Rachel Keith
Dr. Rachel Keith
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| Other authors / contributors: | Keith, Rachel Boone, 1924-2007, interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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| Sound characteristics: | digital
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| Digital file characteristics: | video file
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| Notes: | Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Recorded Detroit, Michigan 2005 January 21.
Vendor-supplied metadata.
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| Summary: | Physician Dr. Rachel Keith was born Rachel Hannah Celestine Boone on May 30, 1924 in Monrovia, Liberia. Keith began her schooling at Richmond, Virginia's Dunbar Elementary School. She graduated from Armstrong High School in 1938 at age thirteen. Boone graduated second in her class at Houghton College in Caneadea, New York in 1943. She then completed her medical degree at the Boston University School of Medicine in 1949. After a two-year residency in internal medicine at Detroit Receiving Hospital, she joined the staff of Detroit Memorial Hospital in 1954. Keith then entered private practice. Her hospital affiliations include Burton Mercy Hospital and Sinai Hospital. Active in the NAACP and the Links, Keith was a member of the American Leprosy Mission, the Detroit Science Center and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. She also served on the Michigan Board of Medicine from 1986 to 1993. Keith passed away on January 4, 2007 at age 82.
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