ɪnðɪ ˈeɪdʒənsiz ˈɜːli dˈeɪz, ɪt wʌzɐ stˈɛpɪŋ stˈoʊn fɔːɹ kˈaʊntləs hˈaʊshoʊld nˈeɪmz; dˈaɪəhˌæn kˈæɹoʊl, hˈɛlən wˈɪljəmz, ɹˈɪtʃɚd ɹˈaʊndtɹiː, sˈaɪsli tˈaɪsən ænd ˈʌðɚz.
In the agency's early days, it was a stepping stone for countless household names; Diahann Carroll, Helen Williams, Richard Roundtree, Cicely Tyson and others.