Original sentence: "  Humphrey and his allies succeeded; the pro-civil-rights plank was narrowly adopted.Although the strong civil rights plank adopted at the Convention cost Truman the support of the Dixiecrats, it gained him important votes from blacks, especially in Northern cities.As a result of the Convention's vote, several Southern delegates walked out of the hall.At the 1948 Democratic National Convention, the draft platform reflected this policy, and was supported by the incumbent President Harry S.In one of the most renowned speeches in American political history, Humphrey told the Convention: "To those who say that this civil rights program is an infringement on states' rights, I say this, that the time has arrived in America for the Democratic Party to get out of the shadows of states' rights and walk forthrightly into the bright sunshine of human rights.Johnson) and others have stated that Humphrey probably did more to get Truman elected in 1948 than anyone other than Truman himself.Robert Caro (biographer of Lyndon B.Truman and the Democratic Party leadership
Edited sentence: "  The pro-civil-rights plank (which Truman and the Democratic Party leadership had opposed, favoring a less provocative platform) was narrowly adopted.(As a result of the Convention's vote, several Southern delegates walked out of the hall.At the 1948 Democratic National Convention, the draft platform reflected this policy.In one of the most renowned speeches in American political history, Humphrey told the Convention: "To those who say that this civil rights program is an infringement on states' rights, I say this, that the time has arrived in America for the Democratic Party to get out of the shadow of states' rights and walk forthrightly into the bright sunshine of human rights.Robert Caro (biographer of Lyndon Johnson) and others have stated that Humphrey probably did more to get Truman elected in 1948 than anyone other than Harry Truman himself.The strong civil rights plank adopted at the Convention actually helped Truman in the 1948 election, gaining him important votes from blacks, especially in Northern cities