Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, 84, hospitalized

CNN Civil rights leader Rev Jesse Jackson has been hospitalized according to a declaration obtained by CNN Jackson a prot g of the Rev Martin Luther King Jr is under observation for progressive supranuclear palsy PSP the Rainbow PUSH Coalition commented Wednesday evening He has been managing this neurodegenerative condition for more than a decade the organization revealed in the message He was originally diagnosed with Parkinson s malady however last April his PSP condition was proven The family appreciates all prayers at this time Further details about his condition have not been published PSP is a rare neurological disorder that affects body movements walking and balance and eye movements according to the US National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke The sickness typically begins in a person s s and has particular manifestations similar to Parkinson s infection it adds Majority people with PSP develop severe disability within three to five years Jackson rose to national prominence in the s and has spent more than six decades advocating for racial equality economic justice and voter rights In he founded Operation PUSH as a way to improve Black communities economic conditions across the US Jackson later launched the National Rainbow Coalition in with the goal of obtaining equal rights for all Americans according to the Rainbow PUSH Coalition Particular years later the two organizations merged to form Rainbow PUSH Coalition The organization s origins stemmed from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference s Operation Breadbasket founded by King according to the website Jackson s medical drew community attention in when he spoke openly about his identification of Parkinson s an incurable infection characterized by tremors stiffness and impaired movement My family and I began to notice changes about three years ago Jackson wrote in a report at the time calling the recognition of the markers painful and noting Parkinson s was the illness that bested my father He revealed he took the finding as a signal that I must make lifestyle changes and dedicate myself to physical therapy in hopes of slowing the condition s progression In Jackson faced several soundness challenges including gallbladder surgery and Covid- hospitalization with his wife Later that year he suffered a fall and hit his head while attending a meeting at Howard University in Washington DC and was kept in the hospital overnight for observation In July Jackson broadcasted his retirement as president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition succeeded by Rev Frederick Douglass Haynes III