After the protests against police brutality and racism that followed the murder of George Floyd, memorials in California received public scrutiny as part of a worldwide reexamination of place names and monuments connected to racism. A high school which was named after Drake, the Sir Francis Drake High School in San Anselmo, California, formed the Drake Leadership Council to investigate the possibility of changing the school's name. After more than nine months of investigation, the Council voted 13-0, with one abstention on May 6, 2021 to change the name due to his involvement with the transatlantic slave trade, colonialism and piracy. The school was renamed to Archie Williams High School, after former teacher and Olympic athlete Archie Williams. A statue of Drake in Larkspur, California was also removed by the city authorities, suspecting it would be targeted by protestors and citing safety concerns. There is also a movement to rename Sir Francis Drake Boulevard.