Labels:book | reckoner | sky | tree OCR: presidential election involving then- -segregationist George Wallace. showed "that substantial number ot Bleckley County's voters were highly susceptible to EaC- ist segregationist appeals as late the mid 1970's and that they voted accordingly. App "Bleckley County had enforced racial seg- regation in all aspects of local government and local government services until forced t0 change by federal legislation in the 1960's. App #Bleckley County had debated and fought desegregation all aspects of public life continuing its resistance until lat 15 the early 1970 App 83. "Local government had deprived blacks the opportunity Participate public and government, even prohibiting blacks from registering The segregated school available to blacks were SO grossly unequal that in 1963 the state took act ...