Sue Eakin
Sue Eakin (1918–2009) was an American history professor at Louisiana State University of Alexandria. She received a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship and was made a Fellow of American Association of University Women. Eakin researched the story of Solomon Northup, Twelve Years a Slave, and published a version of the book that corrected historical inaccuracies.
Sue Eakin | |
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| Born | Myrtle Sue Lyles December 7, 1918 near Cheneyville, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Died | September 17, 2009 (aged 90) |
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| Thesis | The Black Struggle for Education in Louisiana, 1877–1930s (1980) |
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| Discipline | Historian |
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| Institutions | Louisiana State University of Alexandria |
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