The Pact
By Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, Rameck Hunt and Lisa Frazier Page
By Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, Rameck Hunt and Lisa Frazier Page
By Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, Rameck Hunt and Lisa Frazier Page
By Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, Rameck Hunt and Lisa Frazier Page
Category: Biography & Memoir
Category: Biography & Memoir
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$18.00
May 06, 2003 | ISBN 9781573229890
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May 06, 2003 | ISBN 9781101218518
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Praise
“Sampson Davis, Rameck Hunt, and George Jenkins– M.D., M.D., and D.M.D., respectively– are something more than the sum of their degrees.” —Newsday
“[A] prescription for success.” —The Philadelphia Enquirer
“Eye-opening and moving… The Pact is a lesson in the power of peers.” —The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
“A powerful message of hope to inner-city youngsters.” –-The Dallas Morning News
“While their story is sometimes tragic, sometimes funny and sometimes remarkable, it is always inspirational.” —St. Louis Post-Dispatch
“Will inspire and entertain… The Pact is the impressive true story of three teenag boys from Newark, New Jersey, who became outstanding men.” –-Essence
“Starkly honest… a dramatic firsthand narrative detailing how each doctor managed to rise above the ills of city life– violence, drugs and poverty– to achieve what once seemed like a far-fetched dream.” —The Newark Star-Ledger
“It is probably the most important book for African-American families that has been written since the protest era… Get The Pact. It just may change a teen’s future.” —Chicago Sun-Times
Table Of Contents
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
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