Sure, I can go through and fix that later today.Very interesting so far. I do wonder what the future of civil rights is ITTL, although right now (as we're in 1948) it's not a pressing issue.
One nitpick over formatting, APreston; would it be possible to space the quotes from the source? I.e:
'Well I never thought he'd get it, but he did, and now he can't get rid of it.'
- Strom Thurmond
That way, I for one find it a lot easier to read. Oh and Hubert Humphrey was generally called the total 'Hubert' rather than only 'Hugh' by his colleagues.