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 sit 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.
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Original Citation
Hughes, Langston. "I, Too." The Weary Blues. Alfred A. Knopf, 1926, I. 1.
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Current Citation
Hughes, Langston. "I, Too." The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes. Vintage, 1995, I. 1.
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