Hughes Poems

“They send me to eat in the kitchen when company comes, But I laugh, and eat well, and grow strong.” (pg. 594) This is a quote from the Langston Hughes’ poem, “I, Too.” I had the opportunity to go to a performance at the University of Utah honoring Langston Hughes. It was very surprising to me that the majority of attendees were Caucasian. I was expecting the African Americans of Utah to honor a man who did so much for them. Even though it is that it did not have a large audience it made me happy that the white community was there to experience a different culture. This poem was accompanied by a musical composition on the piano and while it was read aloud there were performers who were dancing to the words. This poem is very inspiring because even though the black community had every right of hatred back then Hughes just wrote about the future and how with patience everything would change. This was kind of similar to the way Gandhi taught. This is my favorite Langston Hughes poem.