Darktown

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An African-American area of a city, especially in the American South. US, dated

    "But I get such strong impressions of your hey day / Looking up and down old Beale Street / Ghosts of the darktown society / Come right out of the bricks at me"

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"But I get such strong impressions of your hey day / Looking up and down old Beale Street / Ghosts of the darktown society / Come right out of the bricks at me"

Etymology

From dark + town.

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