In ‘I, Too’, Langston Hughes alludes to the treatment of African Americans who were sold as slaves and subjected to dreadful cruelty. Hughes imagines a more inclusive America where African Americans will be treated equally.
I, Too By 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 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—
