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The Pact:
Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream
Bibliographical Information:
The Pact: Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream
Drs. Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, and Rameck Hunt with Lisa Frazier Page
Published in 2002
New York, NY 10014
Riverhead Books
248
ISBN 1-57322-216-X
Background Information:
Drs. Sampson Davis, George Jenkins and Rameck Hunt were a group of childhood friends. They all grew up in the rough neighborhoods of Newark, New Jersey. Without a father and many without even a positive black man they could inspire to be. They all met at a junior high/high school were they came together and made a pact that no matter what obstacles came about, they would all stick together and become doctors.
Rameck and Sam became doctors and George became a dentist, but always felt like they needed to help black people more than just becoming doctors. "All my life I had been taught that black folks have a responsibility to help one another out". (132) Even while still in college, they start a group called Ujima which meaning is "collective work and responsibility." Ujima was started so that the three guys could go to elementary school similar to the ones they went to; to tutor the student and talk about college life. After becoming doctors, when college and medical school were over for them, they started the foundation Three Doctor Foundation were they provided health awareness, mentoring and scholarship money to inner-city students.
Classification of the Kind of Book:
The Pact is a non-fiction book. It follows the real life events in the lives of its three authors, Drs. George Jenkins, Sampson Davis and Rameck Hunt. It tells first hand what these men went through, so it would be considered an autobiography. The book is written in an informative manner because its readers are learning how the...
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