 Homewood, like the Hill District, had been a Mecca for Black talent and the festival featured artists ranging from the Manhattans to Pharoah Sanders, with crowds over 10,000.Black Horizons Theatre produced the play, "Evolution to Revolution," written and directed by Curtiss Porter, with an all
University of Pittsburgh student cast.Over the next four years the company also produced plays by Ed Bullins, Sonia Sanchez, Baraka, and others.