1. We Beat The Street
Analysis

2. Setting
Newark
Urban
Filled with crime and gangs
Diverse

3. Chapter 1 Sampson – dark curly hair, honey-gold skin Brother Mother
Strict, physically hits children when they do something wrong
Gets hurt by fixing park bench
Stone falls on him
Goes to the hospital
Introduced to the medical field
He is fascinated by the process of medicine

4. Chapter 2 Rameck Attends Catholic School He gets bored in school
Spends a lot of time in the office in trouble
Was sent to the office because he was throwing pencils in the air to hit the ceiling
Principal seems to think putting Rameck in a lower class will solve all of his problems
Principal wants the tuition bill paid, makes a point to tell Rameck
Rameck becomes upset
Gets into a fight
With someone who bully’s him
The fight goes unnoticed
Goes home and sees his grandmother
He expresses concerns about his school
Grandmother says she will talk to his mother about transferring schools.

5. Chapter 3 George Likes school Has a good relationship with his teacher
Get insulted by a woman. He learns that people judge.
Starts to think about college

6. Chapter 4 Sampson dreamed of becoming a baseball player
Area in which they played in was filled with weeds and unpaved area
Sampson gets caught stealing icees. Learns a lesson not steal.

7. Chapter 5
Rameck gets money from grandma for acting pictures (G & T program)
Give it to his mother for bills.
Grandma warned him not to trust mom.

8. Chapter 6 George goes to the dentist
He becomes interested in dentistry

9. Chapter 7 Sampson sees his friend Razor die.
He was tricked into shoplifting by his friend Eddie.

10. Chapter 8 George and Sampson meet for the first time.
They are taking a test to get in the University of High School.

11. Chapter 9 Rameck – 9th grade
George and Sampson meet Rameck for the first time.
They acknowledge Rameck’s performance at the play.
Rameck misses his old friends.
Gets in a fight with Arlington boys
Gets shot at
Realized he is struggling in life.

12. Chapter 10 Sampson – 9th grader Goes to Harlem for drugs and money
Finally understands the wrong path he is traveling.
He wants to change.

13. Chapter 11
Rameck leds a protest to include black history in the curriculum
Curriculum is changed
Rameck silly strings the teacher
Gets suspended
Almost gets expelled

14. Chapter 12 11th grade All the boys start to bond
Attend Seton Hall University Presentation
Their Friendship Pact begins
They decide a career in Medicine may be in their future

15. Chapter 13 11th Grade Rameck beats up and stabs crackhead
Goes to jail during Thanksgiving
Is released from jail

16. Chapter 14 12th Grade Sampson is arrested for armed robbery
Was trying to rob a drug dealer, instead it was the police.
Goes to Juvenile Detention
He is put on probation

17. Chapter 15
All boys are accepted to Seton Hall

18. Chapter 16 Boys attend a 7 week pre-session to college.
They find it challenging.
Rameck is not use to the discipline involved in the program.
Carla (the program director) notices it and talks to Rameck.
Physician dress code is addressed.
The boys attest that they will dress the way their community is fashioned.
They do not want to change who they are or compromise their culture.

19. Chapter 17 Rameck assaults another student in his dorm
No charges are pressed
The boys feel like they are in a different world while they are in college
They start a club to benefit local students.
The club invites children from urban areas to visit the campus

20. Chapter 18 George and Rameck create their own RAP group.
They perform at a few places but never have that big break.
Rap World – East-West war concerns the boys.
They decide to continue with college.

21. Chapter 19 The boys split. George struggles to focus in school.
Rameck and Sampson – Medical School
George - Dental
George struggles to focus in school.
George lives at home
Robbed at gun point

22. Chapter 20 Rameck and his friend Dax are driving home.
They get stopped by the police
Rameck has a pocket knife on him.
He get charged with possession of a deadly weapon
He lawyer never shows up to help him
He gets a new lawyer
They misplace the evidence
All charges are dismissed.

23. Chapter 21 Sampson struggles with school
He fails he exam the first time, passes the second time.
He wants to become an ER doctor
He finds a residency program in ER Medicine.

24. Chapter 22
They all graduate Medical School

25. Conclusion
They all initially worked in Newark, how they work in East Orange and Newark
They started a Foundation called The Three Doctors Foundation