Photograph by Andrew Beaujon. Alexandria’s school board voted Thursday to change the name of T.C. Williams High School to Alexandria City High School. The new name will take effect on July 1 of this year. The school’s teams’ nickname will remain the Titans, as was made famous in the remarkably inaccurate Disney film Remember the Titans. ��⚪�� It's official! The School Board has voted and the new school name for @tcwtitans is Alexandria City High School! The new school name will be implemented starting July 1, 2021. #ForeverTheTitans#RememberTheTitanspic.twitter.com/R4rARtXy9K T.C. Williams was named for Thomas Chambliss Williams, a former superintendent of Alexandria’s school system who was an avowed segregationist. A long-simmering movement to shed his name picked up speed last year during the racial reckoning that followed George Floyd’s killing by a police officer in Minneapolis. The school board vote followed a renaming process that solicited names from students (who suggested names like Anime High School or naming it for Meghan Markle, as well as some more plausible ideas) and community members. According to a city press release, “Alexandria High School” was the top choice in polls on the name, followed by Titan Community High School and Ruth Bader Ginsburg High School. The school board amended “City” to the name Thursday evening, which will allow its teams to be referred to as the “A.C. Titans.”