Sue Eakin

Sue Eakin
Born
Myrtle Sue Lyles

(1918-12-07)December 7, 1918
near Cheneyville, Louisiana, U.S.
DiedSeptember 17, 2009(2009-09-17) (aged 90)
Bunkie, Louisiana
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisThe Black Struggle for Education in Louisiana, 1877–1930s (1980)
Academic work
DisciplineHistorian
Sub-discipline
  • Louisiana history
InstitutionsLouisiana State University of Alexandria

Sue Eakin (1918–2009) was an American history professor at Louisiana State University of Alexandria.[1][2] She received a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship and was made a Fellow of American Association of University Women.[2] Eakin researched the story of Solomon Northup, Twelve Years a Slave, and published a version of the book that corrected historical inaccuracies.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference McNamara was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b "Avoyelles historian Dr. Sue Lyles Eakin dies in Bunkie at age 90". The Marksville Weekly News. September 24, 2009. p. 2. Retrieved 2021-06-25.