The aging civil rights icon had been hospitalized on Nov. 12. The 84-year-old suffers from progressive supranuclear palsy, a neurological disorder, his family said.
Longtime civil rights leader Reverend Jesse Jackson hospitalized
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a civil rights leader and former presidential candidate, has been hospitalized, according to the Rainbow Push Coalition.
The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr., a civil rights icon who worked with Martin Luther King Jr. to create economic opportunities for black Americans and ran for president, has been released from the hospital, his family announced on Nov. 24.
“Our family would like to thank the countless friends and supporters who reached out, visited and prayed for our father,” Yusef Jackson, the pastor’s son and Jackson family spokesperson, said in a statement. “Our family would like to thank the countless friends and supporters who reached out, visited and prayed for our father. We are a testament to the fact that prayer works, and we also want to thank our wonderful medical and security staff for their professionalism and compassion.” “We humbly ask for your continued prayers during this precious time.”
Jackson was hospitalized on November 12th after suffering from progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), a neurological disease. Jackson, 84, was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2013. In April, Jackson’s diagnosis was changed to PSP.
Jackson was hospitalized at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, a longtime hub for the Jackson family’s civil rights work, family members said. According to his family, his condition is stable.
