“I, Too” by Langston Hughes

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8489562191_fba66dc99c_b — “Langston Hughes” by Winold Reiss, National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian

I, Too

BY LANGSTON HUGHES

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.

Source: I, Too by Langston Hughes | Poetry Foundation

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