Democrats: Uninvited Guest

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Tawes ordered the arrest of Gloria and three of her lieutenants. With that, a young Negro demanded to know why Wallace supporters had not been arrested. Angered, Tawes ordered the Guardsmen: "Get that man." The Negroes piled themselves in a human pyramid to hide the offender, and the Guardsmen rushed to dig him out. Rocks flew. Shouted Tawes: "Give 'em the gas."

A Guardsman with gas tanks strapped to his back moved up and sprayed a choking cloud over the demonstrators, while other Guardsmen hurled gas grenades. The Negroes fell back, weeping. When the gas cloud lifted, 13 marchers were arrested.

For the next three nights, Cambridge's bitter, frustrated Negroes demonstrated with bricks and bottles. And even the town's segregationist whites could wonder if a visit by George Wallace had been worth it.