Horace Tate

Horace Tate
Member of the Georgia State Senate
from the 38th district
In office
January 1975  January 11, 1993
Preceded byLeroy Johnson
Succeeded byRalph David Abernathy III
Personal details
Born1922
Elberton, Georgia, U.S.
DiedNovember 28, 2002(2002-11-28) (aged 79–80)
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Resting placeWestview Cemetery
Political partyDemocratic
Children2, including Horacena
Education
Occupation
  • Educator
  • politician
  • activist

Horace Edward Tate (1922 – November 28, 2002) was an American educator, activist, scholar, and politician who spent most of his life and career working toward educational equity for Black Americans, particularly in the south. A Democrat, he served in the Georgia Senate in 1989.