Longtime civil rights activist Rev. Jesse Jackson has been released from the hospital after being treated with a rare brain disorder.
Jackson was discharged from Northwestern Memorial Hospital Monday, his family posted in a statement on X.
Jackson, 84, was receiving medical care for at least 12 days, per Fox News.
He remains in stable condition, according to his son and family spokesperson Yusef Jackson.
Jackson, a Baptist minister, social activist and former U.S. presidential candidate, was admitted to the hospital earlier this month for observation for progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), a rare neurodegenerative disease that affects balance, movement and eye motion.
He was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2013, which was reclassified as PSP in April 2025.
“Our family would like to thank the countless friends and supporters who have reached out, visited, and prayed for our father,” Yusef Jackson said in the statement, which was issued through the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, a Chicago-based progressive organization the elder Jackson founded.
“We bear witness to the fact that prayer works and would also like to thank the professional, caring, and amazing medical and security staff at Northwestern Memorial Hospital,” the younger Jackson said. “We humbly ask for your continued prayers throughout this precious time.”
Jackson spoke of his health when he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.
“After a battery of tests, my physicians identified the issue as Parkinson’s disease, a disease that bested my father,” he said. “Recognition of the effects of this disease on me has been painful, and I have been slow to grasp the gravity of it.”
His storied life includes working alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
It recent years, he has faced several health issues, including gallbladder surgery and hospitalization due to COVID-19.
