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Synopsis
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.
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Review
"It is rare that I read a book that moves me the way this one did...If you don't read any other book(besides mine), get this one!"
--Tavis Smiley
"This is truly a life-changing book, one that shows that anything is possible...with a little help from our friends."
--James McBride, author of The Color of Water and Miracle at St. Anna
"After you've read it, pass it on...because it is probably the most important book for African-American families that has been written since the protest era...Besides their personal stories, the doctors share practical steps that can be useful to a circle of friends in making their own pact...Get The Pact. It may just change a teen's future."
--Chicago Sun-Times
About the Author
George Jenkins, Rameck Hunt, and Sampson Davis grew up together in Newark, New Jersey, and graduated from Seton Hall University. Davis and Hunt received their medical degrees from the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and Jenkins his dentistry degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. All three are recipients of the Essence Lifetime Achievement Award. Together they created the Three Doctors Foundation, which offers a yearly scholarship to a promising Newark student entering a four-year college. They all continue to live in Newark.
They are always looking for incredible stories of triumph. Please write them at www.threedoctors.com and share your story.
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- PublisherThorndike Pr
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0786248890
- ISBN 13 9780786248896
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages339
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