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.

- Langston Hughes, 1925