Pepper Town

Location: Extended along 3rd and 4th Ave South, east of 9th St N

 
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  • Residents named the neighborhood to pay homage to the abundant, flowering nightshade plant. The neighborhood thrived in the 1950’s.

  • Was one of the first historic African-American neighborhoods to become obsolete due to the downtown expansion.

 
James King of Pepper Town

James King joined the police force in 1960, becoming one of twelve African- American men who were amongst the city’s first black police officers, better known as “ The Courageous Twelve”. He grew up in Pepper Town.