AT&T's "Humanity of Connection" event, February 13, 2017 (Photo ©Tony Powell)
Opening remarks from Beverly Morgan-Welch, associate director for External Affairs, Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (Photo ©Tony Powell)
The crowd sings "Lift Every Voice and Sing" (Photo ©Tony Powell)
The Rev. Al Sharpton gives the invocation (Photo ©Tony Powell)
The evening was co-hosted by MC Lyte and Hill Harper (Photo ©Tony Powell)
Bob Quinn, AT&T's senior executive vice president of External and Legislative Affairs (Photo ©Tony Powell)
Tanya Lombard, assistant vice president of Public Affairs for AT&T (Photo ©Tony Powell)
Keith Clinkscales produced "The Humanity of Connection" video, which was narrated by actor Jeffrey Wright (Photo ©Tony Powell)
Honorees Judy Smith and Isiah Thomas (Photo ©Tony Powell)
"The Humanity of Connection" video highlighted the careers of several AT&T executives, including Chief Compliance Officer David Huntley (Photo ©Tony Powell)
Also featured in the video were Venessa Harrison, president of AT&T North Carolina, and her daughter Jazmine Harrison, who also works at AT&T (Photo ©Tony Powell)
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