Rev. Jesse Jackson hospitalized, family says condition improving | News

CHICAGO (KVOA) – Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson remains hospitalized and has been receiving care to manage his blood pressure, sources close to Jackson’s family told CNN on Sunday.

In a statement released late Sunday afternoon, the family said he is breathing on his own without the assistance of machines and not on life support. A separate source added that earlier he had been receiving medication to raise his blood pressure, which is a form of life support.

In the last 24 hours, Jackson’s condition has improved and he has been able to maintain a stable blood pressure without the assistance of medication.

Jackson, 84, a protégé of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., has been under observation for progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), the Rainbow PUSH Coalition said Wednesday evening.