About the Center
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The Center for Arkansas History and Culture (CAHC) at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock strives to be a unique and reliable resource that explores and promotes Arkansas’s rich history through identifying, collecting, and preserving Arkansas records that are of enduring value to the state.
Mission
The UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture collects, keeps safe, and makes available Arkansas history that connects people to each other and their shared experiences.
About the Exhibit
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"Zero Hour: Arkansas in 1980" explores the year 1980 as a pivotal moment in both American and Arkansas history. It focuses on the Titan II disaster in Damascus, the ERArkansas women’s rights activist group, and the 1980 Arkansas Constitutional Convention, and it further engages viewers by providing an interactive experience based on historical materials from the CAHC's collections.
This online exhibit was a collaborative project by graduate assistants for the Center for Arkansas History and Culture: Acadia Roher, Laura Fuentes, and Emily Summers. Local Arkansans also contributed by providing quotes about their personal experiences of the Titan II disaster.
Credits
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Project Contributors
Acadia Roher - Graduate Assistant, Center for Arkansas History and Culture
Laura Fuentes - Graduate Assistant, Center for Arkansas History and Culture
Emily Summers - Graduate Assistant, Center for Arkansas History and Culture
Cody Besett - Student Success Archivist, Center for Arkansas History and Culture
Elise Tanner - Director of Digital Projects and Initiatives, Center for Arkansas History and Culture
Dr. Deborah Baldwin - Associate Provost and Director, Center for Arkansas History and Culture
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Archival Materials
Books
Schlosser, Eric. Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety. New York: Penguin Books, 2013.
Films
Kenner, Robert, dir. Command and Control: The Long-Hidden Story of the Day Our Luck Almost Ran Out. 2016; PBS, 2017. DVD.
Journals
Ledbetter, Calvin R., Jr. “The Proposed Arkansas Constitution of 1980.” Arkansas Historical Quarterly 60 (Spring 2001): 53–74.
Parry, Janine A. “‘What Women Wanted’: Arkansas Women's Commissions and the ERA.” The Arkansas Historical Quarterly 59, no. 3 (Autumn, 2000): 265-298.
Web Resources
Christ, Mark K. “Titan II Missile Explosion (1980).” Encyclopedia of Arkansas. https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/titan-ii-missile-explosion-2543/
Goss, Kay. “Arkansas Constitutions.” Encyclopedia of Arkansas. https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/arkansas-constitutions-2246/
Pruden, William H. “Equal Rights Amendment.” Encyclopedia of Arkansas. https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/equal-rights-amendment-13669/