The ongoing impact or influence left behind by historical events, ideas, or practices that still persist in the present.
Related terms
Institutional Racism: Systemic patterns of discrimination based on race embedded within social institutions such as education, criminal justice, and housing.
Jim Crow Laws: Racial segregation laws enacted after Reconstruction in Southern states to enforce racial separation and disenfranchise African Americans.
Women's Suffrage Movement: The fight for women's right to vote during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, which laid the foundation for gender equality movements.