During the intervening years, Alabama was the site of some of the most defining events of the civil rights era. These events transformed the state and profoundly changed America. Black protest started long before the civil rights movement emerged and continued long after it stopped receiving front-page headlines.
Also, you can play versus(and survival, if you get the GOTY edition) offline by selecting join friends, the pressing X to start your own lobby, it tricks the game into letting you play the modes. Why there wasn't just an offline option on the main menu is beyond me.
While offline, you can look at the bookmarks you've saved in the PS4's browser, and read messages that you've previously sent and received. But it's telling that when you're offline, most of the items in the PS4's dashboard navigation bar tell you to connect to the internet.