Irene Moore

Moving to Long Island in the early 1970s, Irene Moore has been a dedicated member of the Huntington community for several decades. Always active, Irene is currently involved in the leadership of several local organizations.

  • Irene joined the NAACP Huntington Branch in the early 1980s. A gold tier Life Member and former First Vice President, Irene currently serves on the Executive Committee and chair the Housing/Economic Development Committee.
  • Chair, Huntington African American Historic Designation Council (AAHDC).
  • Vice Chair of the newly created Huntington African American Museum.
  • First Vice President, Gateway Community Garden’s Board of Directors.
  • Board Member, Preservation Long Island’s Jupiter Hammon Project.
  • Member, Evergreen Missionary Baptist Church where she serves as Deaconess, Assistant Superintendent of the Sunday School, and President of the Floral Club.

A proven leader, Irene served for many years on the Board of Directors of her housing community, including a year as President, and two years as its First Vice President.
Irene is a former Second Vice President of the Huntington Historical Society’s Board of Trustees. She is also a 2010 graduate of Leadership Huntington.

Impressively, throughout her many years of community service, Irene was a full-time working mother and wife. After more than thirty years of dedicated service, Irene retired from Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn. At Medgar Evers, she worked tirelessly on behalf of the students. Irene retired as the director of Academic Warning, Probation and Dismissal Programs/Adjunct-Professor. She also served for many years as a board member and First Vice President of the Medgar Evers College Alumni Association.

Irene graduated with honors from Medgar Evers College, CUNY, with a B.S. Degree in Business Administration, and from Baruch College with a master’s degree in Higher Education Administration and Student Development.

Irene, a native of Forest Home, Alabama, is the wife of the late Walter Moore. She is the proud mother of Chantel D. Moore, Esq., and Julian J. Moore, Esq., Partner, Allen and Overy LLP. Mrs. Moore resides in the Township of Huntington, New York.

Peter Crippen

Pioneer of the African American community in Huntington, Peter Crippen made his way to Huntington from Virginia and purchased a grist mill, the oldest industrial building in North America, and made it his home. The home remained in his family for over 100 years through 2019. Mr. Crippen was a founding member of Bethel AME Church, the first African American church in Huntington.

PHOTO CREDIT:
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/booker-t-washington

Jupiter Hammon

A lifelong enslaved person and an American writer, Jupiter Hammon is acknowledged as “the father of African American poetry.” His poems were first published in 1761, the first African American published poet in North America. Beyond his groundbreaking poetry, he also authored prose, served as a preacher, and worked as a commercial clerk for the Lloyd family on what is now known as Lloyd Neck, New York.

PHOTO CREDIT:
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/booker-t-washington

Booker Washington

An American educator, author, and orator, served as the predominant leader in the African American community and contemporary Black elite from 1890 to 1915. For many years, Huntington was Mr. Washington’s summer home.

PHOTO CREDIT:
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/booker-t-washington

Alice Coltrane

Alice Coltrane stands as one of this country’s leading women in jazz. A skilled pianist and one of the rare jazz harpists in history, Alice Coltrane lived in Huntington with her husband, John, as an accomplished American musician, composer, bandleader, and Hindu spiritual leader.

PHOTO CREDIT:
https://www.alicecoltrane.com/

John William Coltrane

A lifelong Huntington resident and iconic American jazz saxophonist, bandleader, and composer, he stands as a pivotal and highly praised figure in the realms of jazz and 20th-century music.

PHOTO CREDIT:
https://www.johncoltrane.com/biography

Samuel Ballton

An enslaved person-turned Union Army veteran, Samuel Ballton traveled north to Huntington and made it his home. As a real estate developer in the Greenlawn section of Huntington, many of the homes he developed stand to this day. As a prolific farmer, he earned the moniker “the Greenlawn Pickle King” in 1899 by cultivating 1.5 million cucumbers-turned-pickles in a single season.

PHOTO CREDIT:
https://www.huntingtonny.gov/filestorage/13747/99540/16499/Samuel_Ballton.pdf

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