Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson hospitalized in Chicago
Civil Rights leader Reverend Jesse Jackson has been hospitalized in Chicago.
Jackson’s Rainbow PUSH Coalition said in a statement that the 84-year-old was admitted to the hospital Wednesday and is “under observation for Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP). He has been managing this neurodegenerative condition for more than a decade.”
Jackson was initially diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, but last April, he was confirmed to have PSP.
“The family appreciates all prayers at this time,” the reverend’s organization said.
The Rainbow PUSH Coalition, a Chicago-based organization for social change, was formed in 1996. The organization emerged from two groups Jackson founded, People United to Serve Humanity in 1971 and the Rainbow Coalition in 1984.
Jackson stepped down as president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition in 2023. The reverend is seen as a protégé of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. .
Civil Rights leader Reverend Jesse Jackson has been hospitalized in Chicago, according to a new report (Getty Images)
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