DiversityInc Honors AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson with Inaugural Workplace Civil Rights Leadership Award

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Corey Anthony, AT&T SVP of Human Resources and Chief Diversity Officer, accepted the inaugural award on behalf of AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson on May 1 at the DiversityInc Top 50 Companies event at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.

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