The South resisted integration for years by staging protests and fighting desegregation in court.
Explanation:
Brown v. Board was a historical case in American history which took place in 1954. The Supreme Court ruled that segregation on the basis of race among the pubic school students was discriminatory and unconstitutional. The court ordered desegregation but the it was met with resistance from the south. This case later helped fueling the civil rights movement in United States of America.
The Battle of Marathon in 490 B.C. was part of the first Persian invasion of Greece. The battle was fought on the Marathon plain of northeastern Attica and marked the first blows of the Greco-Persian War.