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New book brings Nellie McKay out of the shadows The late UW–Madison professor’s groundbreaking work illuminated literature by Black women, but her own life was largely private. May 3, 2021 7:00 AM Doug Moe Updated: New book Half in Shadow reveals the life and legacy of former UW–Madison professor Nellie McKay. Nellie McKay spent much of her distinguished career at the University of Wisconsin–Madison charting and celebrating African American literature, in particular the work of African American women. When McKay died, in 2006, a UW–Madison colleague, Craig Werner, told the New York Times that McKay “was the central figure in the establishing of Black women’s studies as a presence in academic and intellectual life.” ....
Todayâs Highlight in History: On April 13, 1970, Apollo 13, four-fifths of the way to the moon, was crippled when a tank containing liquid oxygen burst. (The astronauts managed to return safely.) On this date: In 1613, Pocahontas, daughter of Chief Powhatan, was captured by English Capt. Samuel Argall in the Virginia Colony. (During a yearlong captivity, Pocahontas converted to Christianity and ultimately opted to stay with the English.) In 1742, âMessiah,â the oratorio by George Frideric Handel featuring the âHallelujahâ chorus, had its first public performance in Dublin, Ireland. In 1743, the third president of the United States, Thomas Jefferson, was born in Shadwell in the Virginia Colony. ....
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