The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Volume I: Called to Serve, January 1929-June 1951 (Martin Luther King Papers)
"Allows a glimpse into the restless intellect of the black Baptist  preacher who just happened to change the world."   --Chicago Sun-Times"One of those rare publishing events that generate as much excitement in  the cloistered confines of the academy as they do in the general public. And  with due cause."  --Ebony"The huge library of scholarship on King is enriched, and readers will  be enlightened, by the dense compilation of juvenilia and documents presented in  this first of 14 volumes. . . . What emerges from this wealth of research is an  intellectual and emotional portrait of young Martin. it is a fascinating  depiction of how powerfully and positively (the black Baptist tradition of  social-gospel Christianity shaped character early in this century. . . . Creator and creature of history, publicly clear yet privately elusive, the soul where  American racial politics and belief in the Christian millennium are one (this is  the young King of 'Called To Service,' a book that serves his legacy well and  whets our appetite for the 13 volumes to come." --Los Angeles Times