It was an effort to raise money for organizations fighting hunger and homelessness, and it was called Hands Across America. A Washington Post headline later suggested that it “might have been ...

On May 25, 1986, over 5 million Americans joined hands for the 15-minute event Hands Across America. Organizers hoped to raise millions of dollars to fight hunger, homelessness and poverty.

Warning: Spoilers for Us ahead. Hands Across America holds a special place in the annals of peculiar and quirky '80s pop-culture history. Over 30 years after the event took place, Hands Across ...

One of the last memories young Adelaide had from her above-ground “human” life was probably watching that Hands Across America commercial, so she spent the rest of her subterranean existence ...

For those of you who just saw Jordan Peele’s “Us” and wondered where the writer-director got that ingeniously insane idea for Hands Across America in the 1980s-set portion of the film ...

Instead of foreboding suggestions of what’s to come, we get an upbeat promo for Hands Across America, the much-hyped 1986 event that aimed to raise awareness about homelessness by forming a ...

From the Atlantic to the Pacific, they joined hands in a human chain that snaked ... "Did they end hunger in America? Of course not," Morton said. "But did they call attention to the problem ...

They weren’t just big hand holding enthusiasts, though. They were participating in Hands Across America, a massive charity event and fundraiser that hoped to raise money for and draw attention ...

It was called “Hands Across America.” “Hands Across America” occurred on May 25, 1986, exactly 34 years to the day before George Floyd’s murder in Minneapolis. Although the latter event ...