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 ) >> Stephen: THAT'S GREAT TO

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 ) I THINK THAT'S A WIN.

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.