In this room we're all here together, but there's probably a lot of different views, people sitting here thinking, I don't own any slaves, all the slaves are dead. Why am I responsible? My family were immigrants, too.

wanted the city to rename a section of 17th Street which runs in the front entrance of the school that the city approved to Johnnie Cochran Vista. In the words of Harvard Law professor Charles Ogletree Cochran "was willing to fight for the underdog. [Simpson] and Michael [Jackson] but he was bigger and better than that.

Cochran was known for his skill in the courtroom and his prominence as an early advocate for victims of police brutality. He also represented athlete Marion Jones when Johnnie Cochran faced charges of doping during her high school track career.