Nellie Y. McKay, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Nellie Y. McKay

African-American studies scholar

Date of Birth: 12-May-1930

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Date of Death: 22-Jan-2006

Profession: university teacher, literary scholar

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

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.