Horace G. Livingston, Jr. Memorial Tribute
Known as “Buck” to his friends, Horace G. Livingston was born in Decatur, and during the Great Depression, after his sophomore year in high school; he enlisted in the Civilian Conservation Corps
Artist: Preston Jackson
After serving in the U.S. Navy during WW II he became a brick layer and worked construction. As co-founder of the Local Association for Black Action, he helped create The Voice newspaper in 1967 and went on to edit and publish it for almost forty years. He was a trustee of Decatur’s Antioch Missionary Baptist Church and a vocal advocate for racial equality. In 2007 he received his city’s highest honor, the Stephen Decatur Medallion.
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