CA AB580

Requires the State Board of Education to develop a social science curriculum that includes information on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the civil rights movement, and contributions by ethnic minority groups to United States history.

Mandates curriculum include issues related to social justice, power relations, diversity, mutual respect, and civic engagement.

Requires curriculum to define civil rights and the modern civil rights movement, including tactics used by activists to achieve social change.

Mandates focus on the modern civil rights era spanning the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, including demonstrations, nonviolent civil disobedience, organizing, and collective action.

Requires curriculum to review significant court cases, legislation, organizations, events, literature, arts, and contributions of key figures from the modern civil rights era.