>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW."
MY FIRST GUEST TONIGHT HAS SPENT HIS ENTIRE LIFE FIGHTING FOR
CIVIL RIGHTS. HE'S NOW THE SUBJECT OF
THE DOCUMENTARY, "LOUDMOUTH." >> YOU DON'T HAVE NONE OF US
UNDER CONTROL. AND YOU WILL NEVER HAVE US UNDER
CONTROL AGAIN. >> IT FELT LIKE A VICTORY BUT
YOU KNEW THAT YOU WON A CASE AND THAT CHANGE THE SYSTEM.
I KNEW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MOMENTS AND MOVEMENTS THAT WON.
IT WAS A GOOD MOMENTARY VICTORY. >> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME
REVEREND AL SHARPTON.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] REVERENCE, THANKS FOR BEING
HERE. >> Reverend Sharpton:
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. >> Stephen: YOU ARE TALKING IN
THAT QUOTE, THAT QUOTE ABOUT MOMENTARY VICTORIES AND ONGOING
BATTLES. YOU JUST CAME BACK FROM FLORIDA,
FROM AN EVENT DOWN THERE PROTESTING THE ATTEMPTS TO BAN
BLACK HISTORY FROM CLASSROOMS IN FLORIDA.
DO YOU HAVE A MESSAGE FOR DeSANTIS AND OTHERS WHO ARE
TRYING TO CONTROL THAT CURRICULUM?
>> Reverend Sharpton: I THINK THAT WE ARE TO HAVE THE COUNTRY
TO BECOME THE NATION THAT IT PROPOSES TO BE, WE NEED TO KNOW
EVERYBODY'S HISTORY AND WE NEED TO CELEBRATE EVERYBODY'S HISTORY
AND NOT CENSOR IT. WHAT THE GOVERNMENT IS TRYING TO
DO, GOVERNOR DeSANTIS, HE IS TRYING TO USE CULTURAL WAR TO
RUN FOR PRESIDENT, US AGAINST THEM.
I'M GOING TO DO THIS TO THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY.
I'M GOING TO DO THIS WITH WOMEN'S RIGHTS.
I'M GOING TO SEND MIGRANTS OUT OF FLORIDA TO MARTHA'S VINEYARD.
I'M GOING TO DECIDE WHAT MAKES WHITES UNCOMFORTABLE AND BLACK
HISTORY RATHER THAN SAYING BEFORE WE LEARN ABOUT THE TRUTH
ABOUT ALL OF US, IT BRINGS US ALL TOGETHER.
IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE UNITED STATES.
HE THINKS BECAUSE HIS MENTOR AND POLITICAL DADDY, DONALD TRUMP,
USED RACE TO GO INTO POLITICS. DON'T FORGET DONALD TRUMP
STARTED WITH BIRTHERRISM. HE IS TRYING TO USE THE RACE
WEDGE THAT THEY BE TRUMP, THAT YOU CALL DeSANTIS, TRYING TO
USE BLACK HISTORY MONTH TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT SOME OF US IS
SAYING THAT OUR HISTORY IS TOO IMPORTANT TO US TO LET THAT
HAPPEN. [APPLAUSE]
>> Stephen: ARE YOU SURPRISED, AGAIN, TALKING ABOUT MOMENTARY
VICTORIES AND ONGOING BATTLES, ARE YOU SURPRISED THAT IN THIS
CASE CRITICAL RACE THEORY, OR CRT, IS ITS ABBREVIATED, IS JUST
BEING USED AS SORT OF A CATCH-ALL FOR ANYTHING THAT
PEOPLE DON'T LIKE ON THE FARTHEST RIGHT REACHES OF THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY? EVERYTHING GETS DUMPED IN THERE,
THE BYWORD FOR DIVISIVENESS. ARE YOU SURPRISED THAT IT'S
BEING USED AS QUITE SUCH A CULTURAL?
>> Reverend Sharpton: I'M NOT AS SURPRISED AS I AM TRYING TO
DRAMATIZE WITH HAPPENING. THAT'S WHY WE DID THAT MARCH
YESTERDAY, THE RALLIES, I THINK THE SURPRISE I THINK THEY HAVE
IS THAT MANY PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES ARE NOW BEGINNING TO
COME TOGETHER. I REMEMBER WHEN GEORGE FLOYD
HAPPENED AND I WENT TO DO THE FUNERAL AND WORK WITH THE FAMILY
AND SOME OF THE RALLIES AND MARCHES.
I WENT TO SOME RALLIES, THERE WERE MORE WHITES THAN BLACKS,
SAYING THAT THIS IS WRONG. I REMEMBER THERE WAS A WHITE
17-YEAR-OLD YOUNG MAN IN A PLACE CALLED DB ARKANSAS KILLED BY
POLICE, HIS FAMILY CALLED ME AND ATTORNEY BEN CRUMP TO COME IN.
I PREACHED AT HIS FUNERAL, THEY DON'T PUT THAT ON RIGHT WING
NEWS. I WON'T CALL THEIR NAME BECAUSE
I DON'T ADVERTISE ON YOUR PLATFORM MY ADVERSARIES.
>> Stephen: NO FREE RIDES. >> Reverend Sharpton: NO FREE
RIDES. YOU AND I ARE GOING TO HAVE TO
TALK ABOUT ME COMING OUT AFTER CONGRESSMAN SANTOS.
BUT THAT'S ANOTHER TIME. PEOPLE ARE COMING TOGETHER MORE
THAN THEY WOULD HAVE EVER FELT, WHICH IS WHY JOE BIDEN BEAT
TRUMP. NOT BECAUSE OF A DEMOCRAT.
PEOPLE DON'T WANT THE DIVISION. PEOPLE AROUND AMERICA DON'T
AGREE WITH ME ON EVERYTHING THAT THEY AGREE WE ALL NEED TO TALK
AND DEAL WITH THESE ISSUES. I THINK THAT THEY OVERPLAYED
THEIR HANDS IN TERMS OF THIS DIVISIVENESS.
TRUMP WAS PRESIDENT FOR FOUR YEARS IT WAS ALWAYS PLAYING THIS
POLARIZATION. I THINK PEOPLE ARE SICK AND
TIRED OF IT. [APPLAUSE]
>> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE AL SHARPTON.
STICK AROUND.