darktown means an African-American area of a city, especially in the American South. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.
Etymology
From dark + town.
noun
- 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”