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'''Myrtle Sue Lyles Eakin''', known as '''Sue Eakin''' (December 7, 1918{ – September 17, 2009),<ref>Obituary of Sue Lyles Eakin, Melancon Funeral Home, Bunkie, Louisiana, September 21, 2009.</ref> was an [[United States|American]] [[historian]], a [[professor]], and a [[journalist]] from Bunkie in Avoyelles Parish, [[Louisiana]]. She specialized in Louisiana]history, particularly the Old South. Eakin is best known for documenting, annotating, and reviving interest in the 1853 ''Twelve Years a Slave,'' a [[slave]] narrative by Solomon Northup, a free man from [[New York]] who was kidnapped and sold into slavery in 1841.
'''Myrtle Sue Lyles Eakin''', known as '''Sue Eakin''' (December 7, 1918{ – September 17, 2009),<ref>Obituary of Sue Lyles Eakin, Melancon Funeral Home, Bunkie, Louisiana, September 21, 2009.</ref> was an [[United States|American]] [[historian]], a [[professor]], and a [[journalist]] from Bunkie in Avoyelles Parish, [[Louisiana]]. She specialized in Louisiana]history, particularly the Old South. Eakin is best known for documenting, annotating, and reviving interest in the 1853 ''Twelve Years a Slave,'' a [[slave]] narrative by Solomon Northup, a free man from [[New York]] who was kidnapped and sold into slavery in 1841.
In 2013, a popular film version of ''Twelve Years a Slave,'' a Golden Globes nominee, was directed by Steve McQueen and written by John Ridley. Chiwetel Ejiofor plays as Solomon Northup. Much of the photography was taken in the summer of 2012 in the [[New Orleans]] area.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/moviesnow/la-et-mn-golden-globes-nominations-main,0,4163377.story#axzz2nGhs0jcZ|author=Susan King and Rene Lynch|title=Golden Globes nominations: ''12 Years a Slave,'' ''Hustle'' take Oscar lead'|publisher=''[[Los Angeles Times]]''|accessdate=December 12, 2013}}</ref> ''Twelve Years a Slave'' won the 2013 [[Academy Award]] for Best Picture. In his acceptance speech for the honor, director McQueen thanked Eakin: "I'd like to thank this amazing historian, Sue Eakin, whose life, she gave her life's work to preserving Solomon’s book." Eakin discovered Northup's narrative when she was twelve years of age and again when in college; in time, she pushed the project to fruition after many years of work.<ref name=oscarwinner>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20140304/NEWS01/303040012/Central-Louisiana-historian-Sue-Eakin-s-work-gets-Oscar-mention|author=Jodi Belgard|title=Central Louisiana historian Sue Eakin's work gets Oscar mention"|date=March 4, 2014|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk]]''|accessdate=March 4, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/12-years-a-slave-brad-pitt-and-steve-mcqueens-best-picture-oscars-acceptance-speech-in-full-9165040.html|title=''Twelve Years a Slave'' Brad Pitt and Steve MoQueen's Best Picture Oscars Acceptance Speech in Full|publisher=independent.co.uk.|accessdate=March 3, 2013}}</ref>
In 2013, a popular film version of ''Twelve Years a Slave,'' a Golden Globes nominee, was directed by Steve McQueen and written by John Ridley. Chiwetel Ejiofor plays as Solomon Northup. Much of the photography was taken in the summer of 2012 in the [[New Orleans]] area.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/moviesnow/la-et-mn-golden-globes-nominations-main,0,4163377.story#axzz2nGhs0jcZ|author=Susan King and Rene Lynch|title=Golden Globes nominations: ''12 Years a Slave,'' ''Hustle'' take Oscar lead'|publisher=''[[Los Angeles Times]]''|accessdate=December 12, 2013}}</ref>
''Twelve Years a Slave'' won the 2013 [[Academy Award]] for Best Picture. In his acceptance speech for the honor, director McQueen thanked Eakin: "I'd like to thank this amazing historian, Sue Eakin, whose life, she gave her life's work to preserving Solomon’s book." Eakin discovered Northup's narrative when she was twelve years of age and again when in college; in time, she pushed the project to fruition after many years of work.<ref name=oscarwinner>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20140304/NEWS01/303040012/Central-Louisiana-historian-Sue-Eakin-s-work-gets-Oscar-mention|author=Jodi Belgard|title=Central Louisiana historian Sue Eakin's work gets Oscar mention"|date=March 4, 2014|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk]]''|accessdate=March 4, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/12-years-a-slave-brad-pitt-and-steve-mcqueens-best-picture-oscars-acceptance-speech-in-full-9165040.html|title=''Twelve Years a Slave'' Brad Pitt and Steve MoQueen's Best Picture Oscars Acceptance Speech in Full|publisher=independent.co.uk.|accessdate=March 3, 2013}}</ref>
==Background==
==Background==
Eakin was born on the Compromise Plantation in the Lyles community at Loyd Bridge near Cheneyville in south Rapides Parish.. She was the eldest child of the nine surviving children of Samuel Pickles Lyles, Sr., and the former Mary Myrtle Guy.<ref name=clamar>{{cite web|url=http://cenlamar.com/2009/09/19/sue-eakin-1918-2009/|title=Sue Eakin (1918-2009)|publisher=cenlamar.com|accessdate=June 27, 2011}}</ref> She attended local schools and graduated from Lecompte High School in nearby Lecompte.<ref name=adtt>Richard P. Sharkey, "Noted Louisiana historian Sue Eakin of Bunkie dead at 90," ''Alexandria Town Talk'', September 21, 2009.</ref>
Eakin was born on the Compromise Plantation in the Lyles community at Loyd Bridge near Cheneyville in south Rapides Parish.. She was the eldest child of the nine surviving children of Samuel Pickles Lyles, Sr., and the former Mary Myrtle Guy.<ref name=clamar>{{cite web|url=http://cenlamar.com/2009/09/19/sue-eakin-1918-2009/|title=Sue Eakin (1918-2009)|publisher=cenlamar.com|accessdate=June 27, 2011}}</ref> She attended local schools and graduated from Lecompte High School in nearby Lecompte.<ref name=adtt>Richard P. Sharkey, "Noted Louisiana historian Sue Eakin of Bunkie dead at 90," ''Alexandria Town Talk,'' September 21, 2009.</ref>
After completing her college degree, on January 31, 1941, Sue Lyles married Paul Mechlin Eakin, Sr.,<ref name=obit/> (J1917-1995) of [[Pittsburgh]], urgh]], [[Pennsylvania]], later [[New Jersey]]. They resided in Bunkie, where he was an accountant and she a professional freelance journalist and a columnist]for ''The Alexandria Town Talk'' in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], the ''Opelousas Daily World'' in Opelousas in St. Landry Parish, and the ''New Orleans Times-Picayune.'' From 1957 to 1959, Paul and Sue Eakin also owned and operated ''The Bunkie Record'' newspaper.<ref name=obit/>
After completing her college degree, on January 31, 1941, Sue Lyles married Paul Mechlin Eakin, Sr.,<ref name=obit/> (J1917-1995) of [[Pittsburgh]], urgh]], [[Pennsylvania]], later [[New Jersey]]. They resided in Bunkie, where he was an accountant and she a professional freelance journalist and a columnist]for ''The Alexandria Town Talk'' in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], the ''Opelousas Daily World'' in Opelousas in St. Landry Parish, and the ''New Orleans Times-Picayune.'' From 1957 to 1959, Paul and Sue Eakin also owned and operated ''The Bunkie Record'' newspaper.<ref name=obit/>