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On this day: Hands Across America

On May 25, 1986, millions of Americans lent a hand to the poor -- literally. From the Atlantic to the Pacific, they joined hands in a human chain that snaked through 16 states and the District of Columbia. Watch "CBS Evening News" coverage from that day.
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