User Clip: Rep. Alma Adams Honors Sen. Katie Dorsett & Rep. Mary McAllister

I rise this morning to honor two exceptional North Carolina women who have left us this year – former Senator, Dr. Katie Dorsett and former Representative Mary McAllister.

I admired and was friends with them both.

They were both educators who went into public service, proud products of Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

Both advocates on behalf of Black Americans, founded organizations to combat Sickle Cell Anemia.

They both knew the highs of winning elected office and doing exceptional work for their constituents,

and the lows of personal tragedy; both women were predeceased by a child they loved like a best friend.

They were both county commissioners and state legislators … and most of all, trailblazers.

Katie Dorsett was the first Black woman on the Greensboro City Council, and I was proud to follow in her footsteps.

After serving on the City Council, she was elected to the Guilford County Board of Commissioners, and went on to serve in Governor Hunt’s Administrati close