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Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson hospitalized in Chicago
The 84-year-old civil rights leader with Parkinson’s disease was hospitalized in Chicago; no cause or condition details have been disclosed, sources said.
- Civil rights activist Rev. Jesse Jackson, 84, has been hospitalized in Chicago for a neurodegenerative disorder known as Progressive Supranuclear Palsy , which he has managed for over a decade.
- Jackson, who was initially diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, gained national attention in the 1960s as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s protégé and spent more than 60 years advocating for racial equality and economic justice.
- He ran for U.S. president in 1984 and 1988, helped found the Chicago-based Rainbow PUSH Coalition, and led the organization for nearly three decades before stepping down in 2023.
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The 84-year-old suffers from PSP (Progressive Supranuclear Palsy), a rare, progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects the brain.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, powerful voice for Black equality, is hospitalized
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, the trailblazing civil rights leader, was hospitalized in Chicago on Wednesday due to symptoms from the neurodegenerative condition progressive supranuclear palsy.
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