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“I, Too”

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.
Nobdy will dare say to me
“Eat in the kitchen
Then.

Besides,
They’s see how beautiful I am
And be ashamed—

I too am America.

Langston Hughes