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.
Authentication Score 3
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.