Democracy, africanamerican in the world war one era, and the coeditor of charleston syllabus readings race, racism and racial violence. His writings and op eds have appeared in the atlantic, the washington post, time the conversation, joining him tonight is Henry Louis Gates jr. Alphonse Fletcher University and founding director of the hutchins for african and African American research at Harvard University and emmy Peabody Award Winning filmmaker literary journalist, cultural critic and institute and builder. Professor gates, his most recent books are stony the road and the black church. This is our story. This our song. Tonight, they will discuss chads latest book, the wounded world a sweeping story of hope betrayal, disillusionment and transformation and a one of a kind glimpse into how a crucial moment of International Crisis impacted one of the greatest american intellectuals of the 20th century. Robin d. G. Kelley, author of Thelonious Monk the life and times of an american origi
Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, if you will, look right here. [cheers and applause] announcer its the late show with Stephen Colbert tonight talking smack. Plus stephen welcomes Chris Wallace, and Wilmer Valderrama. Featuring jon baptiste and dave shuman. And to live on tape from. Sullivan theater in new york city, its Stephen Colbert [cheers and applause] stephen oh, hey [cheers and applause] whats going on . Thank you, thank you ladies and gentlemen thank you. You are too kind. Please, please have a seat, my friend. Welcome one and all to the late show, i am your host Stephen Colbert. It is monday unless you are chris rock. Because im pretty sure he got slapped into next week. For those of you who missed it, last night chris was presenting the oscar for best documentary, and he made an unflattering joke about Jada Pinkett Smith that her husband, will, apparently did not like. What makes me think that . This. [laughs] oh, wow. Wow will smith just smacked the [bleep] out of me. Stephe
Former president obama will meet with the leaders of china and india during an Upcoming Trip abroad, while President Trump will meet with who he thinks are leaders of china and india. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] according to recent analysis, the fcc received more than a million fake comments in favor of repealing net neutrality. Its the most fake comments ever found outside a high school reunion. [ laughter ] oh, my god, you look great [ laughter ] a family in seattle recently called the police after discovering a fourfoot snake hiding in their toilet. Said the fourfoot snake, please, call me jeff. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] a new study has found that dogs love seeing humans smile. Usually. [ laughter ] [ growls ] according to reports, disneys hall of president s is scheduled to debut theyre donald trump statue sometimes before christmas. Until then, theyre keeping him in the haunted mansion. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] a new study found that people who grew
Former president obama will meet with the leaders of china and india during an Upcoming Trip abroad, while President Trump will meet with who he thinks are leaders of china and india. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] according to recent analysis, the fcc received more than a million fake comments in favor of repealing net neutrality. Its the most fake comments ever found outside a high school reunion. [ laughter ] oh, my god, you look great [ laughter ] a family in seattle recently called the police after discovering a fourfoot snake hiding in their toilet. Said the fourfoot snake, please, call me jeff. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] a new study has found that dogs love seeing humans smile. Usually. [ laughter ] [ growls ] according to reports, disneys hall of president s is scheduled to debut theyre donald trump statue sometimes before christmas. Until then, theyre keeping him in the haunted mansion. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] a new study found that people who grew
And featuring the legendary roots crew. Questlove 782. Steve and now, here he is, jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause ] jimmy thank you very much welcome to the show. Welcome, everybody, welcome to the tonight show, baby. This is it. This is the one to watch. This is it. Im excited. Well, heres what people are talking about, you guys. What a crazy weekend in washington. First, former National Security adviser Michael Flynn cut a a plea deal with Robert Mueller and then the Senate Passed the gop tax bill. I tried to follow it on the news, but all the anchors have been fired for sexual harassment, so i didnt see anything. [ applause ] steve really . Jimmy i dont know whats going on. Thats right. Michael flynn agreed to a plea deal with Robert Mueller and it came out that the fbi is investigating everyone in the white house all the way to the top. Trump was like, oh my god, theyre investigating putin . Everybody. Everybody. Everybody [ laughter ] [ applause ] thats right, flynn cut a deal