TC Williams High School to be renamed Alexandria High School

2 Alexandria schools have new names

Two schools in Alexandria were given new names on Thursday - including TC Williams High School, which will be renamed Alexandria High School.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - The Alexandria City Public School Board has voted unanimously to change the name of T.C. Williams High School to Alexandria High School.

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In addition, they voted unanimously to change the name of Matthew Maury Elementary School to Naomi L. Brooks Elementary School.

The name changes arrive at the tail end of a flurry of revisions to monuments and names in Virginia and beyond reflecting a legacy of racism in the United States.

The movement began as the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis sparked nationwide protests under the banner of Black Lives Matter.

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T.C. Williams High was named after Thomas Chambliss Williams, a segregationist whose views ACPS says, "could not have been more inconsistent with the vibrant, diverse and inclusive place we know today."

Matthew Maury Elementary was named after a commander of the Confederate Navy.