A former Eastern Air Lines employee met Coretta Scott King on the day after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Their connection that day would turn into a life-long friendship.
On what would be Mrs. King’s 91st birthday, Winston Johnson joins us in studio, as he recalls Mrs. King’s LGBT advocacy and the bond they shared.
Photo from the 1988 New York HRC Dinner, held at the Waldorf Astoria. From L-R: Leon Allen, Rhonda Hall, Harvey Fierstein, Coretta Scott King, Winston Johnson, Vic Basile. (Courtesy of Winston Johnson)Delores Harmon, executive assistant of Coretta Scott King, Winston Johnson and Coretta Scott King. (Courtesy of Winston Johnson)Photo from the 1988 New York HRC Dinner, held at the Waldorf Astoria. Winston Johnson and his late partner, Leon Allen, are on either side of Coretta Scott King, who spoke at the event. From L-R: Vic Basile, First Executive Director of HRC; Unknown; Leon Allen, Winston’s late partner; Coretta Scott King; Winston Johnson; Unknown; Unknown; Patricia Elliot. (Courtesy of Winston Johnson)
