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.
Unlike Hardcore modes in previous Fallout games, Survival mode can be set before gameplay. This mode also cannot be toggled freely. Once Survival mode is activated, turning it off will prevent you from turning it back on for that save file. Manual, quicksaving, and almost all autosaves are disabled.