Langston Hughes

I, Too.

I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh, And eat well, And grow strong. Tomorrow, I'll be at the table When company comes. Nobody'll dare Say to me, "Eat in the kitchen," Then. Besides, They'll see how beautiful I am And be ashamed— I, too, am America. http://www. poetryarchive. org/poetryarchive/singlePoem. do? poemId=1552 Listen to Langston Hughes read this poem recorded in 1955