The Pact
Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream
Published on 6. May 2003
272 pages
978-1-101-21851-8 (ISBN)
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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A remarkable story about the power of friendship.
Chosen by Essence to be among the forty most influential African Americans, the three doctors grew up in the streets of Newark, facing city life's temptations, pitfalls, even jail. But one day these three young men made a pact. They promised each other they would all become doctors, and stick it out together through the long, difficult journey to attaining that dream. Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, and Rameck Hunt are not only friends to this day-they are all doctors.
This is a story about joining forces and beating the odds. A story about changing your life, and the lives of those you love most... together.
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Sampson Davis | George Jenkins | Rameck Hunt
The Pact
Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream
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Riverhead Books,U.S.
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George Jenkins, Sampson Davis, and Rameck Hunt grew up together in Newark and graduated from Seton Hall University. Davis and Hunt received their medical degrees from the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and Jenkins received his dentistry degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry. The three doctors are the recipients of the Essence Lifetime Achievement Award. All three continue to live in Newark.
Lisa Frazier Page is a national award-winning writer for The Washington Post.
Lisa Frazier Page is a national award-winning writer for The Washington Post.
Content
Introduction
1. Dreaming Big 2. Home 3. Ma 4. Common Ground 5. Caged 6. A Big Break 7. Hope
George on Peer Pressure
8. Summer Odyssey 9. Earth Angel 10. A Different World
Rameck on Giving Back
11. Rap 12. Lovesick 13. Access Med 14. Old Ties 15. D.W.B. 16. Becoming Doctors
Sam on Perseverance
17. Graduation 18. Goodbye 19. Home Again
Epilogue Acknowledgments
