Terms of the Day for November 2

• The African-American Civil Rights Movement – a collection of social movements in the United States whose goal was to end racial segregation and discrimination against black Americans and enforce constitutional voting rights to them.  The movement was most active during a period from 1955-68.
• Protest Art – a broad term that refers to creative works that concern or are produced by activists and social movements.
• AfriCOBRA – (African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists) a collective of African American artists in Chicago that specifically took on the goal of creating a new revolutionary black aesthetic. 
• Minimalism - a movement in various forms of art and design where the work is stripped down to its most fundamental features and often used industrial materials and processes.
• Postminimalism - a term used in various artistic fields for work which is influenced by, or attempts to develop and go beyond the aesthetic of minimalism. The term refers less to a particular movement than an artistic tendency.