Our method of demonstration in many instances was the sit-in because it was a simple, nonviolent act that illustrated the harmlessness of human connection, the innocence of sharing a meal at a lunch counter or a seat on a bus. The sit-in exposed the absurdity of barring the natural ability of people to flow to one another, and it revealed the monstrous, outlandish fear that had accumulated over centuries of compliance with injustice. Society had drawn a line in the sand, and we crossed it without apology.
