Persistence is an obstinate continuance of an action and a quality countless Americans possess. Persistence is shown throughout the many prompts but is consistent in I, Too, Sing America. “Tomorrow, I’ll be at the table when company comes.”(Hughes 13) The persistence is shown through the dedication to be part of the group and not being left out; that persistence that provided the ability to see through the miserable to obtain the great tomorrow. What is an American shows the lives that suffered, but yet persisted to make America substantial. “They receive ample rewards for their labours; these accumulated rewards procure them lands; those lands confer on them the title of a freeman, and to that title every benefit is affixed which men can
