I Too Sing America I am darker brother Langston Hughes

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.