The authors of the critically acclaimed book "The Pact" visited FAMU on Friday to speak with the incoming freshman class."The Pact" is the story of three Black males who grew up in Newark, NJ who, as teenage boys, made a pact: to stick together, go to college, graduate and become doctors. Now, several years later, the three men have overcome countless obstacles and to bear the title of doctor.
They achieved their goals. Dr.Rameck Hunt, 36, is a board certified internist at University Medical Center at Princeton, N.J. Dr. George Jenkins, 36, works as assistant professor of clinical dentistry at Columbia University. And Dr. Sampson Davis is board certified in emergency medicine and works at St. Michael’s Medical Center, Raritan Bay Medical Center and Easton Hospital in New Jersey.
The book was required reading for incoming freshman. Prior to the visit by the authors freshman had small group discussions about the book.
The message the three doctors want students to take away from the book, written with Lisa Frazier Page, is to share with everyone that they too can “get to the end of the rainbow.”