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Rev. Jesse Jackson Hospitalized Amid Battle with PSP

11/13/2025

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Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader, 84, is hospitalized with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), confirmed in April 2023 after an initial Parkinson's diagnosis.
The Rainbow PUSH Coalition says he is under observation and appreciates prayers.
Jesse Jackson founded the Rainbow PUSH Coalition and has championed racial equality and economic justice since the 1960s.
He retired as Rainbow PUSH Coalition president in July 2023.
Rev. Frederick Douglass Haynes III succeeded him.

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Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader, 84, is hospitalized with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), confirmed in April 2023 after an initial Parkinson's diagnosis.
The Rainbow PUSH Coalition says he is under observation and appreciates prayers.
Jesse Jackson founded the Rainbow PUSH Coalition and has championed racial equality and economic justice since the 1960s.
He retired as Rainbow PUSH Coalition president in July 2023.
Rev. Frederick Douglass Haynes III succeeded him.