54812 - When President

N. Lygeros
Translated from the Greek by Athina Kehagias

When President
Lyndon Johnson
signed
the Civil Rights Act
on the 2nd of July in 1964
Martin Luther King
who had fought
from the beginning
in the battle
for the abolition
of racial
discrimination
was present
in that manner
he brought to completion
a vision
which became
reality
for the good
of all
of the disadvantaged.