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(163,279 posts) Thu Nov 13, 2025, 06:11 AM Yesterday

Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader and former US presidential candidate, hospitalized

Source: USA Today

Nov. 12, 2025 | Updated Nov. 13, 2025, 1:26 a.m. ET

Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr., a longtime civil rights leader and former U.S. presidential candidate, has been hospitalized, the Rainbow PUSH Coalition announced Nov. 12.

Jackson, 84, was admitted to a hospital on Nov. 12 and is currently under observation for progressive supranuclear palsy, according to the Rainbow PUSH Coalition. The civil rights organization said Jackson has been managing the rare neurodegenerative disease for more than a decade. "The family appreciates all prayers at this time," the organization said in a news release.

Jackson was initially diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, which he announced in a letter to his supporters in 2017, according to the Rainbow PUSH Coalition. But his diagnosis was confirmed to be progressive supranuclear palsy last April.

Jackson had previously been hospitalized in August 2021 after testing positive for COVID-19 and again in November 2021 after falling and hitting his head at Howard University, Reuters reported at the time.

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/11/12/jesse-jackson-hospitalized-rainbow-push-coalition/87243143007/

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Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader and former US presidential candidate, hospitalized (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Yesterday OP

PSP - My mother died in 2007 from this heartbreaking disease. lamp_shade Yesterday #1

Sending healing vibes his way. mwmisses4289 Yesterday #2

Comfort and nurturing to Jesse 💚💖 Clouds Passing Yesterday #3

Sending healing vibes his way MustLoveBeagles Yesterday #4

)))Healing✨️Vibes((( electric_blue68 Yesterday #5

I voted for him in the 1988 primary IbogaProject 9 hrs ago #6

He was the first candidate that I ever donated to and did so in 1984 BumRushDaShow 8 hrs ago #7

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1. PSP - My mother died in 2007 from this heartbreaking disease.

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Thu Nov 13, 2025, 08:44 AM

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Like Jackson, she was initially diagnosed with Parkinson's, but soon after it was determined to be PSP. Dudley Moore died of the same disease. There is no cure. The average life expectancy is 6-10 years. Mom died after 5 years. I miss her.