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The year 1980 was a pivotal moment in both American and Arkansas history. Arkansans faced a missile explosion, clashed over the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to the U.S. Constitution, and considered a new state constitution. 1980 was their turning point—their zero hour.

Click on the stories in the table of contents below to find out what happened!

Image looks like the cover of a magazine. Text reads: Zero Hour: Arkansas in 1980. Featured articles include Titan Missile Disaster in Damascus, AR P. 30; ERA Act: What You Need to Know P. 17; and Arkansas's Constitutional Convention: Get the Facts Before the Vote P. 8

Countdown to Disaster:
The Titan II Explosion

Hour of Decision:
The ERA in Arkansas

Time to Vote:
Arkansas’s 8th
Constitutional Convention

Sounds of the 1980s