I Too

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