Rev. Jesse Jackson, the civil rights leader who twice ran for president in the 1980s, has been hospitalized for observation of a neurodegenerative condition with which he was diagnosed earlier this year.

The Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, which Jackson founded, confirmed Jackson, 84, was admitted to the hospital on Wednesday and was under observation for progressive supranuclear palsy.

"He has been managing this neurodegenerative condition for more than a decade. He was originally diagnosed with Parkinson's disease; however, last April, his PSP condition was confirmed. The family appreciates all prayers at this time," Rainbow/PUSH said in a statement.

According to Northwestern Medicine, PSP and Parkinson's disease are both conditions that cause slowing of movements, stiffness, tremors, falls,

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