I, Too – Langston Hughes

I, too, sing America.

I am the darker brother.

They send me to eat in the kitchen

When company comes,

5 But I laugh,

And eat well,

And grow strong.

Tomorrow,

I’ll be at the table

10 When company comes.

Nobody’ll dare

Say to me,

“Eat in the kitchen,”

Then.

15 Besides,

They’ll see how beautiful I am

And be ashamed-

I, too, am America.