Heritage Lecture Series: First Woman on the Throne: Mobile’s First Female Grand Marshal of MAMGA
Schedule
Thu, 18 Jun, 2026 at 05:30 pm
UTC-05:00Location
2465 Wimbush St, Mobile, AL 36610, United States | Mobile, AL
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Africatown Heritage House is hosting its June 2026 Heritage Lecture Series event, a collection of speeches designed to touch on topics related to the Black experience, on Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 5:30pm.ABOUT THE LECTURE: At the dawn of the new Millenium, Tori Adams assumed the position of MAMGA’s first ever female Grand Marshall. This is an accomplishment that only Adams has been able to achieve. As speaker for the Heritage Lecture Series, she will speak about her historic position while also giving background information on her family’s legacy in Africatown.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Administrative Law Judge Tori L. Adams is a native Mobilian who graduated from McGill-Toolen Catholic High School and the University of South Alabama (USA). While attending USA, Judge Adams was elected as the Attorney General and the following year Chief Justice of the USA Student Goverment Association. She was selected to be a member of the USA Southerners and Southbounders Ambassador Programs. Prior to attending law school, she served as a minority college recruiter for USA. Judge Adams received a Juris Doctorate from the Howard University School of Law (HUSL). While attending the HUSL she was elected and served as the 1987 HUSL Class President. She was also selected as the Captain of the 1986-87 HUSL National Moot Team after winning the 1986 Annual Charles Hamilton Houston Moot Court Competition. Judge Adams retired after 25 years of state service from the Alabama Office of the Attorney General. While serving the citizens of Alabama she handled legal cases covering every division of the Attorney General's Office (except capital litigation) and every county of the State of Alabama. She started her service as a trial prosecutor with a concentration on child victim prosecutions. In 1993, she started hearing administrative contested cases which resulted in a full-time docket covering some thirty (30) state entities and travel to every county in the State of Alabama. She was the first female and only black female Administrative Law Judge with statewide service. At the dawning of a new century Judge Adams was selected as the first and only black female to date to serve as the Grand Marshal of the MAMGA Mobile Mardi Gras festivities. A member of a seven (7) generation Mobile Adams family of primarily educators and contractors. Nelson Adams Middle School (Saraland) was named in honor of her great grandfather. Judge Adams continues to serve the citizens of Alabama as a part-time contract Administrative Law Judge with the State of Alabama. Judge Adams is married to Mr. Simon J. Holloway, a retired Vocational Counselor for the Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services.
The History Museum of Mobile and Africatown Heritage House invite the public to attend this FREE Heritage Lecture Series event.
Capacity is limited and guests are required to RSVP to attend by calling (251) 206-5268.
For more information on the Heritage Lecture Series, contact Jessica Fairley, Africatown Heritage House Manager, by email at [email protected].
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