Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson hospitalized with COVID-19
Reuters
Published Aug 21, 2021 08:22PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Civil rights leader and former Democratic politician Jesse Jackson and his wife have both been hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19, the group he founded said in a statement on Saturday.
Jackson, 79 and his wife Jacqueline, 77, were admitted to Northwestern (NASDAQ:NWE) Memorial Hospital in Chicago, the statement issued by the Rainbow PUSH Coalition said.
"There are no further updates at this time. We will provide updates as they become available," the statement added, noting that anyone who was in the vicinity of the couple in recent days should follow public health guidance.
Jackson, who was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2017, had spent decades advocating for the rights of Black Americans and other minorities dating back to the turmoil of the civil rights movement of the 1960s, spearheaded by his mentor Martin Luther King.
Jackson ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988, attracting Black voters and many white liberals in mounting unexpectedly strong campaigns but falling short of becoming the first Black major party White House nominee.
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