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.

Langston Hughes

I, Too

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Topic

Black experience Race relations America

Author

Langston Hughes

Source

I, Too

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Prophecies and predictions

Language

English

Time

1926 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Black writer Black poet Poet Writer

From

United States

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Original Citation

Hughes, Langston. "I, Too." The Weary Blues. Alfred A. Knopf, 1926, I. 1.

Current Citation

Hughes, Langston. The Weary Blues. Alfred A. Knopf, 2015, epilogue.

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The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind.

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