We beat the street: how a friendship pact led to success

Chapter 1 "You Don't Have to Cut My Foot off, Do You?" Hanging Tough: A Conversation with Doctor Sampson Davis 3 --

Chapter 2 "Oh, Man, You're in Trouble Again!" School Problems: A Conversation with Doctor Rameck Hunt 13 --

Chapter 3 "Isn't that School in the Ghetto?" Influential Teachers: A Conversation with Doctor George Jenkins 21 --

Chapter 4 "We're Gonna Jack Us some Icees from Jack's!" Temptation and Its Consequences: A Conversation with Doctor Sampson Davis 28 --

Chapter 5 "How Much do You Need?" Dreams and Missed Opportunities: A Conversation with Doctor Rameck Hunt 36 --

Chapter 6 "Are You Godzilla or King Kong?" The Beginnings of a Dream: A Conversation with Doctor George Jenkins 44 --

Chapter 7 "Yeah, Man. They Say the Driver's Dead." Living and Dying on the Streets: A Conversation with Doctor Sampson Davis 50 --

Chapter 8 "I don't Even Know Anybody Who Went to College." Entering Seventh Grade: A Conversation with Doctor George Jenkins Making Good Grades: A Conversation with Doctor Sampson Davis 60 --

Chapter 9 "You Kids are Gonna Get Yourself Killed." The Call of the Streets: A Conversation with Doctor Rameck Hunt 66 --

Chapter 10 "What's up with That? You Think You Better than Us?" So Easy to Fall into the Drug Scene: A Conversation with Doctor Sampson Davis 73 --

Chapter 11 "A Sticky Web of Bright Pink Silly String Across the Astonished Teacher's Face" Foolishness and Understanding: A Conversation with Doctor Rameck Hunt 82 --

Chapter 12 "I Think We Could All do this-the Three of Us-Together!" The Beginning of the Pact: A Conversation with Doctor George Jenkins 90 --

Chapter 13 "If He Dies, You Get Charged with Attempted Murder." Thanksgiving in Jail: A Conversation with Doctor Rameck Hunt 100 --

Chapter 14 "How do You Plead?" The Judge Asked, "Guilty, Your Honor." Never Again: A Conversation with Doctor Sampson Davis 109 --

Chapter 15 "Not only Had Their Sons Survived, But They were Heading to College." Strengthening the Pact: A Conversation with Doctor George Jenkins 121 --

Chapter 16 "It Feels Good, Man. It's Like Doing Push-Ups with My Brain!" The Possibility of Success: A Conversation with Doctor Sampson Davis 128 --

Chapter 17 "The Boy's Neck Bent in an Odd Way, and Hi Body Fell Limp." The End of Violence and the Start of Giving Back: A Conversation with Doctor Rameck Hunt 137 --

Chapter 18 "Yo, Yo, Yo! Check It Out! Check It Out!" Rap Stars? A Conversation with Doctor George Jenkins 146 --

Chapter 19 "For the First Time Since High School, the Three of Us won't be Together." Hanging in there: A Conversation with Doctor George Jenkins 153 --

Chapter 20 "Driving while Black" The Possibility of Losing the Dream: A Conversation with Doctor Rameck Hunt 161 --

Chapter 21 "Sometimes You Gotta Fail in Order to Succeed." Going Back to Where It All Began: A Conversation with Doctor Sampson Davis 167 --

Chapter 22 "To Friends" 177 --

Shout-Outs! 185.