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.
[2] When she was 12, she went to a plantation and was given Twelve Years a Slave written by Solomon Northup to read while her father visited with the owner.
[2] Eakin graduated from Lecompte High School, as well as Louisiana State University (LSU).
[4] Eakin was awarded a fellowship by the American Association of University Women and received a master's degree in history from LSU in 1964.
[4] A team including Sue Eakins researched Northup's book Twelve Years A Slave for accuracy in the 1960s.
I remember going to courthouses with her [my mother], tagging along where she would get documentation, interviewing people, descendants of the characters mentioned in the original narrative and all that.
Solomon was a big part of our family.Eakin worked to save the Edwin Epps House that belonged to Northup's enslaver.
In 1985 she researched outstanding Blacks of Louisiana and was made a Fellow of American Association of University Women.