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Nigger Heaven 

The cheap nosebleed balcony seats in a theater, most commonly used in reference to tier C at Cobo Hall in Detroit.

The term was used in Jack London's 1913 novel "Martin Eden."
"Martin skipped on through the years to the night in the nigger heaven at the Auditorium. "

nigger heaven 

The upper deck at a stadium, arena or theater.
It comes from the Jim Crow era when black people were forced to sit in the balcony of a movie house
nigger heaven by federalq2b September 21, 2004

nigger heaven 

A book published in 1926, written by Carl Van Vechten, about life during the Harlem Renaissance. The book includes passages written by Langston Hughes for it.
I read 'Nigger Heaven' and it was an o.k. book, I guess.