The Pact Lib/E: Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream

George Jenkins, Sampson Davis and Rameck Hunt were three African American kids living in the inner city of Newark, all from broken homes, all living amid poverty, crime, and drug abuse. Two served time in juvenile detention centers. They met in high school and together they made a pact: they would support each other for as long as it would take for them to become doctors. Through an affirmative action program, they enrolled at Seton Hall University's premed program, from which they graduated in 1995. In May 1999, they graduated with degrees in medicine and dentistry. The Pact is an extraordinary testament to the power of male friendship. Friendships among young men often revolved around taking risks, often unnecessary or even dangerous risks. This remarkable story teaches the power of friendship and proves the wisdom of Dr. Martin Luther King's proposition that amazing things happen when we stand on the solid rock of brotherhood. The three supported each other through high school, college, and medical school. Their success, which was due to unwavering, mutual support, shows that young men can help each other avoid trouble and fulfill their dreams by using their strong friendship as a powerful antidote to the temptations and pitfalls of inner-city life.

About the Author :
Coming Soon... Coming Soon... Sampson Davis was born and raised in Newark, New Jersey. He is a board-certified emergency medicine physician and coauthor of the New York Times bestsellers The Pact, We Beat the Street, and The Bond. He is the youngest physician to receive the National Medical Association's highest honor, the Scroll of Merit. He is a recipient of Essence and BET humanitarian awards and was named by Essence as one of the forty most inspirational African Americans. He is a founder of the Three Doctors Foundation and practices medicine in New Jersey. Sampson Davis was born and raised in Newark, New Jersey. He is a board-certified emergency medicine physician and coauthor of the New York Times bestsellers The Pact, We Beat the Street, and The Bond. He is the youngest physician to receive the National Medical Association's highest honor, the Scroll of Merit. He is a recipient of Essence and BET humanitarian awards and was named by Essence as one of the forty most inspirational African Americans. He is a founder of the Three Doctors Foundation and practices medicine in New Jersey. Dr. Rameck Hunt is one of "The Three Doctors" and has co-authored 3 books: two New York Times Bestsellers, The Pact and We Beat the Street and their latest book is an Essence Bestseller, The Bond. Dr. Hunt has been a featured guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show, The View, CNN and the Today Show, just to name a few. A documentary of The Three Doctors, The Pact airs regularly on public television. Dr. Hunt is also the co-founder of The Three Doctors Foundation whose mission is to create opportunities for communities through, health, education, leadership and mentoring. Dr. Rameck Hunt is board certified in Internal Medicine. He has a private practice and is on faculty at the University Medical Center at Princeton in New Jersey. He is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He is also the Internal Medicine Clerkship Director for the third year medical students at Princeton. Dr. Hunt is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians. He resides in Princeton New Jersey. Dr. Rameck Hunt is one of "The Three Doctors" and has co-authored 3 books: two New York Times Bestsellers, The Pact and We Beat the Street and their latest book is an Essence Bestseller, The Bond. Dr. Hunt has been a featured guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show, The View, CNN and the Today Show, just to name a few. A documentary of The Three Doctors, The Pact airs regularly on public television. Dr. Hunt is also the co-founder of The Three Doctors Foundation whose mission is to create opportunities for communities through, health, education, leadership and mentoring. Dr. Rameck Hunt is board certified in Internal Medicine. He has a private practice and is on faculty at the University Medical Center at Princeton in New Jersey. He is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He is also the Internal Medicine Clerkship Director for the third year medical students at Princeton. Dr. Hunt is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians. He resides in Princeton New Jersey. Lisa Frazier Page, an editor and award-winning reporter at the Washington Post, is the coauthor of the New York Times bestseller The Pact: Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream. A graduate of New Orleans' Dillard University, she holds a master's degree from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. She grew up in Bogalusa, Louisiana, and lives in the Washington, DC, area with her husband.