Committee to find site to honor Black pioneers from Huntington

Town board member Joan Cergol, right, with Irene Moore, center, and Jennifer Leveque stand near the home of former slave Peter Crippen. Huntington officials say they are going to try and save the home that was slated to be demolished. Cergol says the outcry over tearing down the house spurred an effort to find a place for a monument to honor Huntington’s Black pioneers. Credit: J. Conrad Williams Jr.