Nicholtown

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Nicholtown
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Nicholtown
Nicholtown in Greenville
Coordinates: 34°50′25″N82°22′16″W / 34.8403956°N 82.3712319°W / 34.8403956; -82.3712319
Country United States
State South Carolina
County Greenville
City Greenville

Nicholtown is a predominantly African-American community in Greenville, South Carolina. [1] Jacqueline Woodson's award-winning adolescent novel, Brown Girl Dreaming (2014) was based on recollections of her childhood in Nicholtown. [2]

References

  1. Neighborhood Scout website
  2. WOODSON, JACQUELINE (November 28, 2014). "The Pain of the Watermelon Joke". New York Times. Retrieved November 29, 2014.