{"id":561,"date":"2017-06-27T05:07:39","date_gmt":"2017-06-27T05:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heritagesalon.org\/?page_id=561"},"modified":"2026-07-27T13:57:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T13:57:12","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/heritagesalon.org\/?page_id=561","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"561\" class=\"elementor elementor-561\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6d58b5e0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6d58b5e0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-32c0c1b5\" data-id=\"32c0c1b5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5072546f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5072546f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><strong>Our Story<\/strong><\/h3><p>Heritage Salon was formed in 2009 by Jada Wright-Greene as a blog that explored the African American museum culture. After graduation from Michigan State University Museum Studies program in 2004, she discovered that she was the first African American to complete the program.\u00a0 Excited but sad to know that there were not more people of diverse backgrounds in the field, Jada knew something had to be done and Heritage Salon was created.<\/p><p>After several years of operating as a blog, Heritage Salon transitioned into a magazine. The magazine was the first of its kind and the only publication that exist focusing on Black museums, historic sites, and historic homes. Not only was there a transformation from the blog, Heritage Salon was formalized as a \u00a0501 (c) (3) in 2012.\u00a0 As time has marched on it has been essential to transform to storytelling through social media and electronically. Heritage Salon Talks was created to conduct interviews with historians and museum professionals to expose more about history and draw more audiences. Today, the next intentional phase of Heritage Salon is evolving to advocacy to action.<\/p><h3><strong>Our Mission<\/strong><\/h3><p class=\"p1\">Heritage Salon is a <b>501(c)(3)<\/b> nonprofit committed to championing, amplifying, and supporting Black museums, historic sites, historic homes, and Black history through advocacy, storytelling, and intentional action.<\/p><h3><strong>Our Vision<\/strong><\/h3><p>A world in which every Black museum, historic site, and historic home has the visibility, support, and investment needed to preserve and elevate Black history for generations to come.<\/p><h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Staff:<\/strong><\/h3><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21970\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/heritagesalon.org\/?attachment_id=21970\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/heritagesalon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Jada-Wright-Greene-2025-e1784296042427.jpg?fit=1365%2C1843&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1365,1843\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;IrmStudio&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Jada Wright-Greene 2025\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/heritagesalon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Jada-Wright-Greene-2025-e1784296042427.jpg?fit=720%2C973&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21970 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/heritagesalon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Jada-Wright-Greene-2025.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p><h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Jada Wright-Greene, Founder &amp; Editor<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Story Heritage Salon was formed in 2009 by Jada Wright-Greene as a blog that explored the African American museum culture. 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The magazine was the first of its kind and the only publication &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/heritagesalon.org\/?page_id=561\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">About<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_about_page":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_gallery_page":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_contact_page":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_events_page":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_video_page":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_portfolio_piece":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-561","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>About -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/heritagesalon.org\/?page_id=561\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"About -\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Our Story Heritage Salon was formed in 2009 by Jada Wright-Greene as a blog that explored the African American museum culture. 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