We're the only
colored people here" by Gwendolyn Brooks is a short story about two
lovers Maud Martha and Paul engaging in an everyday event of going out. We all need something to take us out of our comfort live. They were both African Americans leaving in
the age where United States was still mostly segregated
even when segregation was supposed to be lifted. They wanted to
go out for the night. Maud was feeling really good about herself and
did not want to go to the same place they always go; she wanted to go to a
bigger theater called "The playhouse". The problem was that it
was full of white people and Paul did not really want to go there but just to
satisfy Maud for that night he agreed. When they got there, they looked around nervously and even though they went in to enjoy the play, they discovered that
they were "the only colored people there".