[1][2][3] He enlisted into the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) as a lieutenant during World War II.

[2][3] The jurisdiction of his court covered Bibb, Dallas, Hale, Perry, and Wilcox counties in central Alabama.

In July of the Freedom Summer of 1964, Hare issued an injunction forbidding any gathering of three or more people under sponsorship of civil rights organizations.

The injunction, signed by Judge Hare on July 9, 1964, made it illegal to even talk to more than two people at a time about civil rights or voter registration in Selma, even (and especially) during church services.

As a result, mass meetings were halted, and for the remainder of 1964, there were no public civil rights movement events in Selma.