Rev. Jesse Jackson receiving a form of life support after being hospitalized last week, a family source says

The Rev Jesse Jackson speaks to attendees at the inaugural Sunday Dinner event hosted by the South Carolina Democratic Party's Black Caucus Sunday March in Columbia S C The Rev Jesse Jackson speaks to attendees at the inaugural Sunday Dinner event hosted by the South Carolina Democratic Party's Black Caucus Sunday March in Columbia S C CNN Civil rights leader Rev Jesse Jackson remains hospitalized and is now receiving a form of life aid to stabilize his blood pressure a source close to Jackson s family explained CNN on Sunday Jackson a prot g of the Rev Martin Luther King Jr has been under observation for progressive supranuclear palsy PSP the Rainbow PUSH Coalition mentioned Wednesday evening Further details about his condition have not been circulated The family source says Jackson has had moments of brief strength due to a medication he has been on it for two days Jackson had a substantial drop in blood pressure Saturday night but a physiological club responded to him at once the source added Even while under healing he has shown brief but meaningful signs of responsiveness the source declared Last week there had been essential improvement in the civil rights leader s condition under healthcare care his son Jesse Jackson Jr commented Thursday in a segment during his weekday radio show PSP is a rare neurological disorder that affects body movements walking and balance and eye movements according to the US National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke The complaint typically begins in a person s s and has selected responses similar to Parkinson s sickness it adds Majority of people with PSP develop severe disability within three to five years Jackson has been managing this neurodegenerative condition for more than a decade the organization previously disclosed in a declaration He was originally diagnosed with Parkinson s condition however last April his PSP condition was certified Jackson first rose to national prominence in the s as a close aide to the Rev Martin Luther King Jr After King s assassination in Jackson became one of the the greater part transformative civil rights leaders in America In he founded Operation PUSH as a way to improve Black communities economic conditions across the US Jackson later launched the National Rainbow Coalition in with the goal of obtaining equal rights for all Americans according to the Rainbow PUSH Coalition Particular years later the two organizations merged to form Rainbow PUSH Coalition One of Jackson s signature phrases was Keep hope alive and was a force for social justice over three eras the Jim Crow period the civil rights era and the post-civil rights era culminating with the voting process of Barack Obama and the Black Lives Matter movement This story has been updated with additional information CNN s Amanda Musa contributed to this assessment The-CNN-Wire Cable News Setup Inc a Warner Bros Discovery Company All rights reserved Source