WELCOME BACK TO THE SHOW.
GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
FEBRUARY MAY HAVE JUST ENDED, BUT WE HERE AT "THE LATE SHOW"
ARE STILL CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
JON, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED DURING FUTURE BLACK
HISTORY MONTHS?
>> I LIKE TO KNIT.
( LAUGHTER )
KNOW, JON.
AND TO KEEP OUR CELEBRATION GOING, I INVITED FRIEND OF THE
SHOW, DAVID ALAN GRIER, TO DELIVER THIS SPECIAL MESSAGE.
♪ ♪ ♪ >> HELLO, I'M DAVID ALAN GRIER.
THROUGHOUT THIS BLACK HISTORY MONTH, WE'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY
TO HONOR SO MANY GREAT MEN AND WOMEN IN OUR PAST.
BUT AS FEBRUARY COMES TO A CLOSE, IT'S NOW TIME FOR "BLACK
FUTURE MONTH."
SO JOIN ME IN A CELEBRATION OF ALL THE ACHIEVEMENTS THAT
HAVEN'T EVEN HAPPENED YET.
SEPTEMBER 22, 2026.
LAWYERS NEELA DIBABA AND ROBERT JAMES SUCCESSFULLY CONVINCE THE
SUPREME COURT TO GIVE BLACK CITIZENS REPARATIONS.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE REPARATIONS TAKE THE FORM OF GIFT CARDS TO
THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY.
( LAUGHTER )
ON JULY 19, 2115, RIGHT FIELDER OMARI BROWN HITS A WALK-OFF HOME
RUN TO WIN THE INTERGALACTIC SERIES OF BASEBALL.
OH, ALSO, IN THE FUTURE, THERE ARE ALIENS, AND THEY PLAY
BASEBALL, AND THEY TASTE DELICIOUS.
OCTOBER 31, THE FIRST HALLOWEEN IN RECORDED HISTORY IN WHICH NO
WHITE PEOPLE WEAR BLACK FACE.
OCTOBER 22, 2021, JOE ABIOLA IS ELECTEDLY THE FIRST BLACK PRIME
MINISTER OF JAPAN.
HONESTLY, WE DON'T KNOW HOW THAT HAPPENED.
WE'RE JUST GOING WITH IT.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 2437, AT PRECISELY 8:14 P.M., RACISM
FINALLY ENDS.
IT WAS ALL SET IN MOTION TODAY WITH THE FLAP OF A BUTTERFLY
WING.
THAT DELICATE FLUTTER LED TO THE PRECISE CIRCUMSTANCES NECESSARY
TO BRING AN END TO CENTURIES OF PREJUDICE AND BIGOTRY.
WELL, THAT'S ALL FOR OUR CELEBRATION IN GREAT
ACHIEVEMENTS IN BLACK FUTURE.
OPE.
HE'S FINE.
I'M DAVID ALAN GRIER.
NOW, CAN SOMEBODY TELL ME HOW TO GET OUT THIS DAMN LIBRARY?
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: THANK YOU DAVID ALAN GRIER!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH "THE NEW YORKER'S" SUSAN GLASSER.