Civil Rights Leader Rev. Jesse Jackson Hospitalized

The 84-year-old is under observation for progressive supranuclear palsy, a neurodegenerative condition, the Rainbow PUSH Coalition said.

Rev. Jesse Jackson joins other community leaders during a press conference to call on the city to take measures to curtail violent crime in Chicago, Ill., on April 27, 2022. Scott Olson/Getty Images

Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson has been hospitalized, according to an announcement by the activist organization that he founded.

In a statement released on the evening of Nov. 12, the Rainbow PUSH Coalition said that Jackson, 84, had been admitted to hospital.