I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me… - Langston Hughes

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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.

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Langston Hughes (1 February 1902 – 22 May 1967) was an American poet, novelist, playwright, social activist and newspaper columnist.

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Alternative Names: James Mercer Langston Hughes • James Langston Hughes

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Sometimes a crumb falls
From the tables of joy,
Sometimes a bone
Is flung.

To some people
Love is given,
To others
Only heaven.

O, let America be America again — The land that never has been yet — And yet must be — the land where every man is free.

Frosting

Freedom
Is just frosting
On somebody else's
Cake — And so must be
Till we
Learn how to
Bake.

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. - Langston Hughes

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