Okay so will you guys give me a plausibility check on this:
The 1960's moderate GOP stays in control and the GOP is a centrist party. The Democratic Party retains control of the south and George Wallace is President by 1976.
Under these circumstances is there any chance the African American Senator Ed Brooke can win the GOP nomination and possibly the Presidency? How much social unrest would be needed to get this result? And how racist was the U.S in the 70's where states wouldn't vote for Brooke because he was black? Also, who may have been his VP? Because Goldwater was too racist, and I don't know If Reagan would of wanted to be VP.
This was just an idea I was throwing around while considering the future of my TL.
EDIT: Actually 1972, not 1976.