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24/05/2016 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, Hands Across America

The day millions of Americans formed a human chain to try to end poverty and homelessness

The day millions of Americans formed a human chain to try to end poverty and homelessness in 1986.

In May 1986, more than five million people took part in Hands Across America - an attempt to form a nationwide human chain to raise awareness of poverty and homelessness. Hear from the organiser of the event, Hollywood promoter Ken Kragen.

Photo: Santa Monica California. Credit: Associated Press.

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