Johns Committee, which was actively targeting gay and bi men, the couple moved to Atlanta in 1967.Johnson began a customer service job at Eastern Airlines, eventually driving a car for VIPs, and when the company went out of business, he began employment at Carey Limousines.
It was at those two jobs that Johnson was able to meet scores of dignitaries. In April 1968 he met King on the day after her husband, the Rev.