In the 1960’s, activism was handled differently than today. Before the internet, groups needed to create strong personal contacts and long sit-ins to congregate hundreds to thousands of people. It took days to assemble everyone. Just like in 1960 at A&T College, a group of black students needed 4 days to assemble 300 people to their sit-in. They started on February 1 and «by next morning, the protest had grown to 27 men and four women. [...] By Thursday, the protesters numbered three hundred. » Eventually, sit-ins had spread to other cities too, assembling thousands of people. People were influenced by others. Today, the computer network offers tools to improve our methods of activism. Sites like Facebook and Twitter permits us to communicate
