Rev. Jesse Jackson hospitalized in Chicago, family confirms

Rev. Jesse Jackson hospitalized in Chicago, family confirms

Rev. Jesse Jackson, a longtime civil rights leader and former presidential candidate, is hospitalized in Chicago, his family said Wednesday.

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Rev. Jesse Jackson, 84, is hospitalized in Chicago, his family confirmed Wednesday.

Jackson has been battling progressive supranuclear palsy, a neurodegenerative disorder, for more than a decade.

The family has not shared additional details about his condition.

Rev. Jesse Jackson, a longtime civil rights leader and former presidential candidate, is hospitalized in Chicago, his family said Wednesday.

What we know:

Jackson, 84, rose to national prominence in the 1960s as a protégé of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and has spent more than six decades advocating for racial equa