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When Thunder Comes

Poems for Civil Rights Leaders

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When Thunder Comes

By: J. Patrick Lewis
Narrated by: Corey Allen, Jennifer Ikeda, T. Ryder Smith, Myra Lucretia Taylor
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In moving verse, Children's Poet Laureate J. Patrick Lewis gives new voice to seventeen heroes of civil rights. This commanding collection of poems invites the listener to hear in each verse the thunder that lies in every voice, no matter how small. Featuring civil rights luminaries Coretta Scott King, Harvey Milk, Mohandas Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Sylvia Mendez, Aung San Suu Kyi, Mamie Carthan Till, Helen Zia, Josh Gibson, Dennis James Banks, Mitsuye Endo, Ellison Onizuka, Jackie Robinson, Muhammad Yunus, James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner.

©2013 J. Patrick Lewis (P)2013 Recorded Books
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