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Harlan Hobart Grooms
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama · 1953
Harlan Hobart Grooms , Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. Harlan Hobart Grooms (November 7, 1900 – August 23, 1991) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. Grooms was an integral figure in the desegregation of the University of Alabama, having legally granted Vivian Malone Jones and James Hood the right to attend the university.
Education
- University of Kentucky College of LawLL.B., 1926
Career
U.S. Army Reserve, 1926-1939; Private practice, Birmingham, Alabama, 1926-1953
Biography
Harlan Hobart Grooms (November 7, 1900 – August 23, 1991) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. Grooms was an integral figure in the desegregation of the University of Alabama, having legally granted Vivian Malone Jones and James Hood the right to attend the university.
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