(US, dated) An African-American area of a city, especially in the American South.
(US, dated) An African-American area of a city, especially in the American South.
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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(US, informal) A nickname for a city with a predominantly African American population.