I, Too recited by Langston Hughes I, too, sing America Walt Whitman I Hear America Singing

I, TooBy Langston HughesI, too, sing America.I am the darker brother.They send me to eat in the kitchenWhen company comes,But I laugh,And eat well,And grow strong.Tomorrow,Ill be at the tableWhen company comes.Nobodyll dareSay to me,Eat in the kitchen,Then.Besides, Theyll see how beautiful I amAnd be ashamed--I, too, am America.The poem is from 1925. The recording is from 1955.