Theater director and producer Ellen Stewart who founded an experimental theatre companyand Pulitzer prize-winning composer George Walker the first black to perform with the Philadelphia Orchestraback when segregation often blocked opportunities for African-Americans.

电影导演兼制片人艾伦·斯图尔特（Ellen Stewart）创立了一家实验性剧场公司。作曲家乔治·沃克（George Walker）曾获普利策奖，是第一位与费城交响乐团合作演出的黑人。当时的种族隔离常常阻碍非裔美国人获取机会。