H. Sol Clark oral history interview, December 28, 2001

Interviewed by Cliff Kuhn. Among topics discussed: Parents immigrating from Russia; attending Benedictine Military School instead of the University of Georgia; being a lawyer during the Great Depression with Gordon Saucier, mayor of Savannah; Judaism; friendship with African-American named "Yellow" at Tybee Island; growing up with African-American friends; Jewish Educational Alliance; experience with racism at Yale University; daughter's disease and death; Robert D. Abrams of Philadelphia Legal Aid office and introduction to Legal Aid; opposition to Legal Aid by Georgia Bar Association; Savannah Legal Aid office; relationship with W.W. Law and legal aid for African Americans; Clark as the father of Legal Aid in Georgia; E. Smythe Gambrell, Sr.; Legal Aid Committee; National Legal Aid Association; Young Lawyers; founding of Georgia Legal Services; Lester Maddox and the acceptance of Legal Aid funds from federal government; H. Sol Clark Award created by State Bar of Georgia, announced at Savannah meeting; awards won by Clark, Arthur Von Briesen Award; meeting of board of governors of the State Bar Association at the King and Prince Hotel, Saint Simons Island; passage of Legal Aid at Athens meeting; Gus Cleveland; Clark's son and the organization of Athens Legal Aid office, as president of Savannah Bar Association, and Clark's law partner; American Bar Association; King-Tisdell Cottage in Savannah; memories of W.W. Law; King- Tisdell Cottage fountain monument dedicated to W.W. Law; Savannah College of Art and Design; W.W. Law and relationship between whites and African-Americans in Savannah; West Broad Street Museum, once the Wage Earners Savings Bank; the New Deal and Great Society, little opposition in receiving funds; Jimmy Carter and encouragement of Legal Aid; Gov. Maddox and Legal Aid funds.