Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr., the civil rights icon who worked alongside Martin Luther King Jr., created economic opportunities for Black Americans and ran for president, has been released from the hospital, his family announced on Nov. 24.

"Our family would like to thank the countless friends and supporters who have reached out, visited, and prayed for our father. We bear witness to the fact that prayer works and would also like to thank the professional, caring, and amazing medical and security staff," Yusef Jackson, the reverend’s son and a Jackson family spokesperson, said in a statement. "We humbly ask for your continued prayers throughout this precious time."

Jackson was hospitalized on Nov. 12 amid a bout with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), a neurological disorder. The 84-ye

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