who is deray mckesson? let's start there. who is deray mckesson?ou get into what are you are doing now? >> i'm just one of many protesters in the movement who are focused on ending police violence, and making sure we press systems to be good for people. in terms of how i got here, i was sitting on my couch in august 2014. >> and saw the wars happening around the movement on twitter, and i literally got in my car and ended up in st. louis and joined the rest of the people out there fighting. >> trevor: wait, so you saw a thing on twitter and then you actually joined in physically. >> yeah, yeah. twitter is everything. i love twitter. >> trevor: you could have just been like hashtag honor black lives matter, and chilled at home. >> in the beginning it was hashtag mike brown and ferguson. and we learned this hashtag a little bit later. but it was huge for everybody to mobilize. twitter has been a phenomenal platform to amplify of people of color and bringing people together. so it's good. >> trevor: what i found interesting about youristic you say you

please welcome dea-- deray mckesson. plawtion plaws-- (applause) 7. >> goods to be here. >> stephen: as i said before, you are one of the leaders of the black lives matter movement. though you have moved on to focus on something called campaign zero right now. >> yes, a conference platform to end police violence. the movement is bigger than any one organization. there are so many people pushing to end police violence and this is one of the central platforms. >> stephen: you helped organize the protest in ferguson and baltimore. were you named for tune magazine's 2015 greatest world leaders list and one of ten people beyonce follows on twitter. that's a lot of pressure. that's a lot of pressure. >> beyonce is great and more woke than people give her credit for. >> stephen: more what? >> woke. mean, honest to god, evidently i'm not woke. >> you wore the bracelet one day, you were woke that day. >> stephen: somebody in my office asked me if i would wear a black lives matter bracelet. so i put it on. and would you have think

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please welcome dea-- deray mckesson. plawtion plaws-- (applause) 7. >> goods to be here. >> stephen: as i said before, you are one of the leaders of the black lives matter movement. though you have moved on to focus on something called campaign zero right now. >> yes, a conference platform to end police violence. the movement is bigger than any one organization. there are so many people pushing to end police violence and this is one of the central platforms. >> stephen: you helped organize the protest in ferguson and baltimore. were you named for tune magazine's 2015 greatest world leaders list and one of ten people beyonce follows on twitter. that's a lot of pressure. that's a lot of pressure. >> beyonce is great and more woke than people give her credit for. >> stephen: more what? >> woke. >> stephen: what does woke mean, honest to god, evidently i'm not woke. >> you wore the bracelet one day, you were woke that day. office asked me if i would wear a black lives matter bracelet. so i put it on. and would you have think

and then i will talk to black lives matter activistt deray mckesson about the legacy of martin luther king. about the legacy of martin luther king. some of my younger viewers may be surprised that it goes beyond mattress sales. performance from the sger "grace" who will be singing a classic quincy jones song. and i hope she asked permission first or this could get awkward. oh, that fine sound is from national basketball champion jon batiste and stay human. say hello, everybody. (cheers and applause) they're about to kick things off, but before they do, one more thing, wall part has plans plans to close 269 stores and tis time they're wal-mart stores. >> tonight stephen welcomes patricia heaton. quincy j jes. black lives matter activist perform ans by grace. featuring jon batiste and stay human. and now it's time for the late show with stephen colbert! (cheers and applause). >> stephen: hello, everybody. hey, hey, jon! hey cowboy. (cheers and applause). >> stephen: thanks, everybody. man, i don't know about you, but i could-- i tell you, folks, i don't know about y'all but i could watc

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