"The civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson has been hospitalized, the Rainbow PUSH Coalition announced Wednesday evening. Jackson, 84, has been admitted to the hospital and is under observation for progressive supranuclear palsy, a neurodegenerative condition, which he has been managing for a decade, the organization said in a statement. "The family appreciates all prayers at this time," the group said."
"Jackson was originally diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, however his PSP condition was confirmed in April, the organization said. Jackson, a protege to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. who rose to prominence as one of the nation's foremost civil rights leaders and twice ran for U.S. president, stepped down in 2023 from the leadership of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, which he founded."
Rev. Jesse Jackson, 84, has been hospitalized and is under observation for progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), a neurodegenerative condition he has managed for about a decade. The family appreciates prayers. Jackson was originally diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, but the PSP diagnosis was confirmed in April. Jackson founded the Rainbow PUSH Coalition and stepped down from its leadership in 2023. Jackson is a protege of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., rose to prominence as a leading civil rights figure, and twice ran for U.S. president. He visited the National Bar Association annual convention on July 31, 2025, where a former president was scheduled to speak.
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