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Thirty-eight-year-old
Bruce orro layl he has
lomething to offer as a
Recorders Court Judge that
mo t incumbents cannot.
Though he i younger
th n mo t judge, his urban
perspecrive il hat give'
him an ad ant ge, Morrow
laid.
Durin hil campaign
Morro knocked on doors
in the .... 0 t secluded partl
of Detroit, passed out
literature ill the rain and at­
tended almolt evcry church
in Detroit introducing him-
elf to potcntiallupportcrs.
A a lifc timc member of
. thc National Association
for thc Advanccment of
Colored People, Morro is
al 0 a boardmcmber for the
Detroit Repertory Thcatrc
and an ex-offender womcn'
group called Accept
Re pODlibility - Initiatc
elf-cnhanccmcnt.
Aftcr attcnding Ea tern
Mighig n University and
going on to be among thc
top of his class in Ho ard's
La School, Morro
orked with Detroit Public
chool children s an in­
structor and baskctball
coach. .
Wftl(;he • camera and cal­
culators rc all example' of
hightcch trin ets that run on
button- ized batteries. While
these 'mailer power source
climinate thc bulk of I rgcr
b at tc ric. a nd at Uow for
sm llcr appliances. thcy also
po c a heal th hazard. More
than 1.S00 c e of acclden-
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ning for judge of
keep in touch with people
and their daily condition .
The seed of his ·Iling­
ne s to ork for his people
a' planted by hi
grandfather who as the
second minister at Dctroit's
Hartford Memorial Baptist
Br ee orrow, C ........ I'.-1
for Recorder' Co rt
j d e pa s after taUd_.
wit poteatlal .oten at
Little Roc Bapti t C arc
at wlalc. .e attended
com 10 ervlee •.
(pboto by F. S. Ri. )
lal battery 'ingestion are
reported each year.
The National Safety Coun­
cil uggests making sure that
baucry compartment doors
arc. ccurc and that button
ha u e r ie s arc kept out of
children', reach. The e bat­
tc ries 'should be di carded
carcfully and hould never be
put in your mouth.
DU I GTH LA 70's
Morrow got a dose of inner
city rcality working for the
Department of Social Ser­
vices as a caseworker.
"It w s kind of a sad job,"
Morrow said in retrospect,
adding that it taught him to
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upbringing hich as
primarily in the church.
As the date of the elee­
ti D inds do n Morro
anxiously a aits a succe -
fail final tally.
. ·I'm a person ith
. vi ion: he said. "Some
people don't have vi ions.·
orro '5 image of him­
se a Recorder' Court
Judge began a small
child, through his family's
efforts but ha indeed COD­
tinued in the church hich
is where you will definitely
find him with a mile and a
arm hello.
Church, ho unsucce sfully
ran for a city council seat in
the 40' .
His grandfather Charles
Hill. Morro said, was
labelled as a communitst
due to his political activities
inel ding allowing the co�­
trovcrsial Paul Robelon to
speak to bi congregation
and Itay at his house. Hi
grandfather as a union or­
ganizer lso said to be
himlclf a ·controversial
wild man.·
ho he as a a small child.
-Whcn I growing up
your ment r a your
father, your mother, your
gundmoth r, your
grandparent r your neigh­
bor . . . I ha a lot to pick
from," Morro said.
Learning 0 ork hard
for h t h wishes to
achieve is t keep Mor­
ro going; he said.
·I'm not rilliant, - he
addcd. ·But t e things I CaD
control I co 01. •
Being opt miatie i an
outstanding q ality Morro
hu devolope through his
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