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

George Jenkins · Sampson Davis · Rameck Hunt

Mar 2002 · Highbridge Audio · Narrated by George Jenkins and Sampson Davis

About this audiobook

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.

Ratings and reviews

This book was gifted to me during my freshman year of College through a program at my college. The message in this book from these three Men of God Impacted and shaped the course of success and where I'm at today. I pray that every young mind gets the opportunity to read this book. Those that are faced with challenges, and insurmountable odds like I faced as a single parent (Now in Grad School) My oldest of two completed her B.A. degree, the other majoring in Phycology, and the other on her way to the Airforce. This book (These Titans) & God set the course for my path of moving upward and forward always. I truly I gifted my copy after reading, jotting down notes (My Five Year Plan) to a friend's son at the time of his acceptance and move to Beaver College. May God continue to rest his upon your lives richly in your coming and going out. Regards, Carol-Pennsylvania

I used this book in one of my undergraduate classes. It was truly an inspiration.

I got this book in 6th grade and so far it good