Background
Grooms, Harlan Hobart was born on November 7, 1900 in Jeffersonville, Kentucky, United States.
Grooms, Harlan Hobart was born on November 7, 1900 in Jeffersonville, Kentucky, United States.
Juris Doctor, University Kentucky. Honorary Doctor of Laws, Samford University.
Born in Montgomery County, Kentucky, Grooms received an Bachelor of Laws from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 1926, and was in private practice in Birmingham, Alabama from 1926 to 1953, also serving in the United States Army Reserve from 1926 to 1939. Grooms was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 31, 1953, and received his commission on August 3, 1953. He assumed senior status on February 3, 1969, serving in that capacity until his death, in 1991.
On July 1, 1955, Judge Grooms entered an order in the case of Lucy v.
Adams, District of Columbia, 134 F.Supp. 235, permanently enjoining the Dean of Admissions of the University of Alabama from denying Negroes the right to enroll therein and pursue courses of study thereat solely on account of their race or color.
Trustee Samford University. Member American Bar Association, Alabama Bar Association, Phi Alpha Delta, Omicron Delta Kappa, Pi Kappa Alpha. Clubs: Civitan.
Married Angeline M. Grooms. Children: Harlan Hobart, Ellen Elizabeth, John Franklin, Angeline.