We recently witnessed the sad passing of Joe Clark. Some may remember Joe as the bull horn using, bat carrying, principal from Eastside High School in Paterson. In the 1980s movie, Lean on Me, Joe was famously portrayed by Morgan...
A bid for Essex County freeholder by bullhorn-toting, baseball bat-wielding high school principal Joe Clark in 1988 came eleven years after another nationally acclaimed celebrity sought public office in an East Orange-based district. Althea Gibson, the first Black win the...
Joe Clark, who won national fame as the unorthodox high school principal in Paterson known for his firm disciplinary manner, died on Tuesday. He was 82. Clark’s tenure at as the bullhorn-toting, baseball bat-wielding Eastside High School principal became the...