I, too, sing America.
I am the darker brother.
They send me to eat in the
When company comes,
But I laugh,
And eat well,
And grow strong.
Tomorrow,
I'll be at the
When company comes.
Nobody'll
Say to me,"Eat in the kitchen,"Then.
Besides,
They'll see how beautiful I
And be ashamed—I, too, am
Listen to Langston Hughes read this poem recorded in 1955
