Kathy Andre-Eames

Living Legend Kathy Andre-Eames discusses her book and her life facing the racial divide in Jim Crow Louisiana with her husband George Eames, Jr. while fighting for civil equality. An educated, white, Catholic woman fell in love with and married a black paraplegic in the early 1970s. Her husband, George Washington Eames, Jr., was an activist for civil rights and racial equality. At her husband’s funeral, the president of the Baton Rouge branch of the NAACP honored her with these words: “If George was Mr. Civil Rights, then you are Mrs. Civil Rights.” LISTEN to the Count Time Podcast episode: "Interview with Kathy Andre-Eames" see notes, transcript, pictures and videos here.