Excerpts from "Obe OM IMtimations of Immortalit~' There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, The earth, and every common sight, to me did seem Apparelled in celestial light, the glory and the freshness of a dream. It is not now as it hath been of yore; Turn wheresoe'er I may, by night or day, The things which I have seen I now can see no more. The rainbow comes and goes, And lovely is the rose; The moon doth with delight Look round her when the heavens are bare; Waters on a starry night are beautiful and fair, But yet I know, where'er I go, That there hath past away a glory from the earth. To me alone there came a thought of grief: A timely utterance gave that thought relief; And I again am strong. Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting; The soul that rises, with us, our life's Star, hath had elsewhere it's setting and cometh from afar; Not in entire forgetfulness, and not in utter nakedness, But trailing clouds of glory do we come From God, who is our home; Heaven lies about us in our infancy! By William Woodsworth Bobby Talley Leonard Bishop Victor Blackwell Neil Williams John Frye Pallbearers Tony Arnold HanifNu'Man Colin Miller Honorary Pallbearers Arnold Winfield Joe Smith Seth Watson Dale Jackson Sr. Dale Jackson Jr. Ken Whitney George Dotson Interment Pinelawn Cemetery Farmington, New York Arrangements By: House of Thompson Mortuary 1917 Asbury Avenue, Evanston, IL. Owens Funeral Home 216 Lenox Ave. , New York, N.Y. 10027 Ce e rating T eLi e AnO Homegoing of Pro essor Nonnan C. Amaker Janua~ IS, 1935 June 71 2.ooo Services Saturoa~1 June 101 2.000 Visitation 6:oo-7:oo P.M.. Service 7:oo-8:oo P.M. At Secono Baptist cburcb Obituary Norman Carey Amaker was born on 135th St. in Harlem, New York on January 15th, 1935. He departed this life on June 7th, 2000. His life was a testament to so many who have sacrificed so much in the name of social justice. He was the only son ofCarey Amaker (deceased) and Gladys Cauley Amaker (Garden City Park, New York), and the brother of Ruth Amaker (Garden City Park, New York). He was baptized at an early age at New Mount Zion Baptist Church in Harlem. He attended New York City public schools, including Stuyvesant High School and later graduated from Amherst College and Columbia University Law School with honors. His first job as a lawyer was with the NAACP Legal Defense fund in New York City where he was hired by the late Thurgood Marshall. During the height ofthe civil rights movement ofthe late fifties and mid sixties, Amaker argued scores of civil rights cases protecting the rights of civil rights workers and helped to set the foundation for the theory and practice of civil rights law. Norman continued his distinguished career working in Washington DC as the Director oftheNeighborhood Legal Services Program and eventually became a professor of law at Rutgers University in New Jersey and later joined Loyola University ofChicago as it's first black law professor. At Loyola he taught courses in civil rights, civil procedure and constitutional law. He was also an active member on the Board of Education at School District 202 in Evanston, illinois for several years. In 1988 Norman published the widely read book "Civil Rights and the Regan Administration". In 1995 professor Amaker was named Loyola University's faculty member ofthe year, the frrst law professor to be awarded this prestigious honor. 1broughout his career and life Norman has received numerous other honors and awards. Norman suffered a stroke the day after his 65th birthday at the beginning of this year. After enduring months ofintensive rehabilitation, he had a heart attack and passed away from us. He leaves behind, his wife, Mattie Owens Amaker and his three children, Ali- . cia E, Alana J., and Arthur C.O. and a host of family and friends. His presence will be sorely missed, but his life~ work continues to inspire and serves as a model of a life lived in the service ofothers. ORDER OF SERVICE Organ Prelude Processional Prayer Selection (everyone) "In the Garden" Scripture Readings: Chaplin Kemperal Hinsley Romans 8:30-31 II Corinthians 12:9-10 Musical Selection: Soloist, Rev. Janet Tate Remarks Colleague (Loyola University; Legal Defense Fund) Family Member Musical Selection: "What God Has For Me" Rev. Janet Tate / Eulogy: Dr. Hycel B. Taylor, Senior Pastor Benediction Recessional New York Service Thesday, June 13,2000 Visitation 10:00-11:00 A.M. Service 11:00 A.M. New Mount Zion Baptist Church 140 W.140th St., New York, New York In lieu of flowers please send donations to: NAACP Legal Defense Fund 99 Hudson Street, Floor 16 New York, New York 10013 Acknowledgement The family of the late Professor No111Uln C. Ama/cer is sincerely grateful for the comforting expressions of love and concern, and for every act of kindness shown during this period of bereavement. May God richly bless each ofyou.