I,TOO, SING AMERICA

BY: LANGSTON HUGHES

BACKROUND
OF THE
AUTHOR
 ●James Mercer Langston Hughes was
LANGSTON an American poet, social activist,
HUGHES novelist, playwright, and columnist
from Joplin, Missouri. He moved to
New York City as a young man, where
he made his career.
●Born: February 1902, Joplin,
Missouri, United States
●Died: 22 May 1967, Stuyvesant
Polyclinic
 MOTHER TO SON
LET AMERICA BE AMERICA (LANGSTON’S ONE OF THE
LANGSTON’S AGAIN FAMOUS SONG)

FAMOUS
WORKS
Vocabulary
B L E I T Y R
LIBERTY
U I L M H A I N O I T
HUMILIATION
A L V R E Y S
SLAVERY
POEM (I, TOO SING
AMERICA)
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 sit at the table
When company comes
Nobody’ll dare
 Say to me,
‘’ Eat in the kitchen’’
Then.
Besides,
am
They’ll see how beautiful I
am
And be ashamed-
I, Too, Am america.
QUESTIONS
 1. What does I, too, sing america mean?
2. What is langston hughes’ emotion?
3. The poem is in the first person point of
view, who is the I?
4. Here in the Philippines, can you see other
filipinos discriminating other filipinos for
their own good? Cite particular instances.
5. How can we foster equally among all
people?