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Johnson, a Valdosta native, co-founded the annual gala for the Human Rights Campaign Atlanta.
He met Coretta Scott King through his work with Eastern Airlines and the two became close friends.
As Johnson told WABE’s Closer Look in 2018, he didn’t share his sexual orientation with King until the mid 1980s when he asked her to speak at an HRC dinner in New York.
“She knew that gay people should have equal rights with, you know, everybody else. So I said ‘we want you to do something really important.’ And she said ‘tell me where and when and I’ll be there. ”
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ATLANTA, May 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Longtime Atlanta journalist and public relations professional Gina Espinosa-Meltzer has reached an agreement in principle to acquire the equity of the late Paul Beckham in Hope-Beckham Inc. and merge her GPR Global into Hope-Beckham. The emerging public relations agency will continue to be called Hope-Beckham.
Espinosa-Meltzer formed GPR Global a dozen years ago after a career in journalism and media relations, including serving as news editor of Mundo Hispanico and stints as a producer and correspondent for CNN, BBC and Radio Netherlands. She served as media director of the Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce before founding her own public relations agency. GPR Global soon became one of the leading multi-cultural communications and public affairs agencies in the Southeast.