Source: Politics<\/p>\n
CHICAGO \u2014 The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a famed civil rights leader and two-time presidential candidate, and his wife, Jacqueline, have been hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19, according to a statement Saturday.<\/p>\n
Jesse Jackson, 79, is vaccinated against the virus and received his first dose in January during a publicized event as he urged others to receive the inoculation as soon as possible. He and his wife, 77, are being treated at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago.<\/p>\n
\u201cDoctors are currently monitoring the condition of both,\u201d according to the statement from Jesse Jackson\u2019s nonprofit, the Rainbow\/PUSH Coalition.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are no further updates at this time,\u201d the statement said. \u201cWe will provide updates as they become available.\u201d<\/p>\n
A prot\u00e9g\u00e9 of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jesse Jackson was key in guiding the modern civil rights movement on numerous issues, including voting rights.<\/p>\n
Despite having been diagnosed for Parkinson\u2019s disease, Jackson has remained active, and has advocated for COVID-19 vaccines for Black people, who lag behind white people in the United States\u2019 vaccination drive. Earlier this month, he was arrested outside the U.S. Capitol during a demonstration calling for Congress to end the filibuster in order to support voting rights.<\/p>\n