Title: The pact : three young men make a promise and fulfill a dream /
Authors: Davis, Samson.; Jenkins, George.; Hunt, Remeck.
Publisher: Riverhead Books,
Year: 2002
Subjects: Hunt, Rameck; Jenkins, George.; Davis, Sampson.; African Americans; Physicians; Dentists; African American physicians Biography.; United States
Abstract: Follows the experiences of the authors, three friends who grew up in impoverished families in Newark, New Jersey, and who supported one another in their dreams of becoming doctors in spite of tremendous disadvantages.
Contents: Dreaming big -- Home -- Ma -- Common ground -- Caged -- Big break -- Hope -- George on peer pressure: Summer odyssey -- Earth angel -- Different world -- Rameck on giving back: Rap -- Lovesick -- Access med -- Old ties -- D.W.B. -- Becoming doctors -- Sam on perseverance: Graduation -- Goodbye -- Home again -- Epilogue.