Nellie Y. McKay
Nellie Y. McKay | |
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| Born | Nellie Yvonne Reynolds May 12, 1930 Queens, New York City, United States |
| Died | January 22, 2006 (aged 75) Fitchburg, Wisconsin, United States |
| Alma mater | Queens College, City University of New York Harvard University |
| Occupation(s) | Academic and author |
Nellie Yvonne McKay (May 12, 1930 – January 22, 2006) was an American academic and author who was the Evjue-Bascom Professor of American and African-American Literature at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where she also taught in English and women's studies, and is best known as the co-editor (with Henry Louis Gates Jr.) of the Norton Anthology of African-American Literature.