Garfield Park church was a popular gathering place and community center for the Westside Neighbors. (Photo courtesy Ross Eric Gibson collection)

Garfield Park Branch Library, an important gathering place for Westsiders, faced several efforts to close it. (Photo courtesy Garfield Park Library)

One of the Garfield Park Library’s celebrations, with a cake designed like a stack of books. (Ross Eric Gibson collection)

Santa Cruz Missionary Baptist Church is one of two Black churches in Garfield Park Circles. (Ross Eric Gibson collection)

Hewitt Joyner, administrator of the Westside Community Health Center, 1700 Mission St. (Santa Cruz News, Aug. 23, 1984)

Show Caption 1 of 5 Garfield Park church was a popular gathering place and community center for the Westside Neighbors. (Photo cou

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