When thunder comes poems for civil rights leaders is a childrens poetry anthology and picture book written by j patrick lewis and illustrated by jim burke r gregory christie tonya engel john parra and meilo so it is a collection fifteen poems about seventeen civil rights leaders with a wonderful illustration from one of the illustrators about each civil right leader. When thunder comes poems for civil rights leaders is a collection of poems highlighting the lives strengths and accomplishments of seventeen men and women who fought against the restrictions put upon them by the societies they lived in included in the list are well known activists such as mohandas gandhi nelson mandela and coretta scott king. When thunder comes poems for civil rights leaders this collection of poems gives voice to seventeen heroes of civil rights against overwhelming odds and heartbreaking loss they stood they hoped and they spoke featuring civil rights luminaries coretta scott king harvey milk mohandas gandhi nelson mandela sylvia mendez aung san suu kyi . When thunder comes poems for civil rights leaders author j patrick lewis illustrated by jim burke r gregory christie tonya engel john parra meilo so edition illustrated publisher