As a bat-wielding administrator at New Jersey's Eastside High, Clark became an infamous figure with actor Morgan Freeman playing the tough disciplinarian.
Today back in 1989 Lean On Me debuted in the theaters. The biographical-drama was loosely based on the story of Joe Clark, a high school principal from Paterson, New Jersey who saved a school from being shut down from the state. The film starred then Oscar nominee Morgan Freeman who portrayed “Mr. Clark” as passionate, […]