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In 2013, the actor Lou Gossett, Jr., dedicated his 2013 audiobook performance of ''Twelve Years a Slave'' to Eakin. In 2014, Frank William Eakin (born c. 1961) of The Woodlands, [[Texas]],  said of his mother's life's work and the Oscar best picture: "It feels so good to have this validation, not just for Mom, but for the people of Louisiana."<ref name=oscarwinner/> Interviewed by the ''The Alexandria Town Talk'', Elizabeth Hood "Liz" Brazelton (born c. 1950) of Alexandria, a former student of Sue Eakin's, noted that without Eakin ''Twelve Years a Slave'' "would have been lost to the world ... I was hoping that [McQueen] would recognize Dr. Eakin because I felt that there had been a little lack of recognition. It was really gratifying."<ref name=oscarwinner/>​

In 2013, the actor Lou Gossett, Jr., dedicated his 2013 audiobook performance of ''Twelve Years a Slave'' to Eakin. In 2014, Frank William Eakin (born c. 1961) of The Woodlands, [[Texas]],  said of his mother's life's work and the Oscar best picture: "It feels so good to have this validation, not just for Mom, but for the people of Louisiana."<ref name=oscarwinner/> Interviewed by the ''The Alexandria Town Talk'', Elizabeth Hood "Liz" Brazelton (born c. 1950) of Alexandria, a former student of Sue Eakin's, noted that without Eakin ''Twelve Years a Slave'' "would have been lost to the world ... I was hoping that [McQueen] would recognize Dr. Eakin because I felt that there had been a little lack of recognition. It was really gratifying."<ref name=oscarwinner/>​

 

In 1978 at the age of sixty, Eakin received her [[Ph.D.]] in history from the University of Louisiana at [[Lafayette]], then known as the University of Southwestern Louisiana.<ref name=obit/> She continued writing and research projects after her retirement as a professor emeritus at LSUA. She published a new edition of ''Twelve Years a Slave'' in 2007, containing additional material regarding Solomon's years in New York, as well as in the local plantation community. Eakin was eighty-eight at the time of publication.​

In 1978 at the age of sixty, Eakin received her [[Ph.D.]] in history from the University of Louisiana at [[Lafayette]], then known as the University of Southwestern Louisiana.<ref name=obit/> She continued writing and research projects after her retirement as a professor emeritus at LSUA. She published a new edition of ''Twelve Years a Slave'' in 2007, containing additional material regarding Solomon's years in New York, as well as in the local plantation community. Eakin was eighty-eight at the time of publication.​

 

Eakin also worked as an archivist for the Louisiana State Archives and Records Service in Baton Rouge. With her sister, Manie L. Culbertson, Eakin published ''Louisiana: The Land and Its People,'' (1986), a textbook used in junior high classes of Louisiana history.<ref name=clamar/> Another of her works is ''Avoyelles Parish: Crossroads of Louisiana''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.barnesandnoble.com/c/sue-eakin|title=Sue Eakin: Barnes & Noble|publisher=Barnesandnoble.com llc|accessdate=September 9, 2013}}</ref>  As an educator and a researcher, Eakin was responsible for conducting, or sending students into the field to conduct more than four hundred oral history interviews documenting various aspects of Louisiana history, culture and folklife.  These recorded audio interivcews are now archived at the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History at the [[University of Kentucky]] in Lexington,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kentuckyoralhistory.org./collections/sue-eakin-louisiana-oral-history-collection|title=Sue Eakin Louisiana Oral History Collection|publisher=Kentuckyoralhistory.org|accessdate=October 26, 2009}}</ref>​ named for Louie B. Nunn, the Kentucky [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[governor]] from 1967 to 1971.

Eakin also worked as an archivist for the Louisiana State Archives and Records Service in Baton Rouge. With her sister, Manie L. Culbertson, Eakin published ''Louisiana: The Land and Its People,'' (1986), a textbook used in junior high classes of Louisiana history.<ref name=clamar/> Another of her works is ''Avoyelles Parish: Crossroads of Louisiana''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.barnesandnoble.com/c/sue-eakin|title=Sue Eakin: Barnes & Noble|publisher=Barnesandnoble.com llc|accessdate=September 9, 2013}}</ref>  As an educator and a researcher, Eakin was responsible for conducting, or sending students into the field to conduct more than four hundred oral history interviews documenting various aspects of Louisiana history, culture and folklife.  These recorded audio interivcews are now archived at the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History at the [[University of Kentucky]] in Lexington,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kentuckyoralhistory.org./collections/sue-eakin-louisiana-oral-history-collection|title=Sue Eakin Louisiana Oral History Collection|publisher=Kentuckyoralhistory.org|accessdate=October 26, 2009}}</ref>​ named for Louie B. Nunn, the Kentucky [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[governor]] from 1967 to 1971.

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