Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. has been hospitalized with a neurodegenerative condition.

The 84-year-old was admitted to a hospital Wednesday and under observation for progressive supranuclear palsy, a condition that he has been managing for more than a decade, the Rainbow PUSH Coalition said in a news release Wednesday night.

“The family appreciates all prayers at this time,” the statement said.

Jackson was initially diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, which he announced in 2017, but last April his diagnosis was confirmed to be PSP, according to the statement. He also had previously been put in intensive care in 2021 during a bout of COVID.

PSP affects body movements, walking and balance and eye movements, according to the National Institutes of Health. PSP is often misdia

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