Join a member of The New Jersey Historical Society staff for a private walking tour that highlights the history and present jewels of downtown Newark.  After your tour, relax in nearby Washington Park and peruse Defying the Odds: Triumphant Black Women of Newark, Sounds of Music: The Dolores Collins Benjamin Story and Swing City: Newark Nightlife 1925-50.  In all three books author Barbara J. Kukla explores the captivating history of Newark.