Los Angeles Times
"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."
Chicago Sun-Times
"Allows a glimpse into the restless intellect of the black Baptist preacher who just happened to change the world."
