Ovie Carter / Chicago TribuneRev. Jesse Jackson addresses a group of P.U.S.H conventioneers at headquarters, 50th and Drexel, July 25, 1973.
Charles Osgood/Chicago tribuneThe Rev. Jesse Jackson addresses the Operation PUSH Coalition in the Grand Ballroom of McCormick Place in 1999.
Vashon Jordan Jr. / Chicago TribuneThe Rev. Jesse Jackson walks to the front of a peace walk led by St. Sabina Church in Auburn Gresham on June 25, 2021.
Michael Budrys / Chicago TribuneThe Rev. Jesse Jackson, head of Operation PUSH, pokes a finger at Benjamin Bradlee, executive editor of the Washington Post, as they discuss issues on the floor of Madison Square Garden on July 13, 1976. Jackson is attending the convention as an observer, far different than in 1972 when he was among those instrumental in a credentials decision that kept Mayor Daley and his delegates from taking their convention seats.
James Branaman/Chicago tribuneOn June 22, 2003, seven Democratic presidential candidates appeared on the same stage in Chicago at Jesse Jackson's Rainbow/PUSH forum. The Rev. Al Sharpton, from left, Joe Lieberman, Richard Gephardt, Dennis Kucinich, John Kerry, Howard Dean and Carol Moseley Braun, are pictured behind the Rev. Jesse Jackson.
Pete Souza / Chicago TribuneThe Rev. Jesse Jackson hugs Barack Obama outside the Library of Congress Jan. 4, 2005, where a reception was held in honor of Obama who had just been sworn in as a U.S. senator.
Karen Engstrom / Chicago TribuneThe Rev. Jesse Jackson and Rosa Parks appear at the Democratic National Convention on July 19, 1988, in Atlanta.
Bonnie Trafelet/Chicago TribuneThe Rev. Jesse Jackson, center, during the campaign party for Illinois State Senate 15th district candidate the Rev. James T. Meeks in Dolton in 2002.
James OLeary / Chicago TribuneTrying to get in to the Board of Education Building on Monday to meet with School Supt. Joseph Hannon, the Rev. Jesse Jackson and followers clash with police barring them from the door near LaSalle Street and Wacker Drive on Dec. 15, 1975. Hannon refused to talk to them about their demand that the principal of Terrell Elementary School be fired. The Rev. Jackson and followers were arrested on charges of disorderly conduct after they refused to leave and a shoving match took place.
Paul F. Gero / Chicago TribuneJesse Jackson and his wife, Jackie, clasp hands in triumph Tuesday at the Albert Thomas Convention Center in Houston, March 8, 1988. Jackson led the balloting in five Southern states.
Ovie Carter / Chicago TribunePresidential candidate Jesse Jackson with U.S. Senate hopeful Roland Burris, left, and Chicago Mayor Harold Washington, right, March 17, 1984, in Chicago.
Walter Kale / Chicago TribuneThe Rev. Jesse Jackson, center, leaves a meeting with Southern Christian Leadership Conference leader Ralph Abernathy on Dec. 3, 1971, at the Marriott Hotel in Chicago. The earlier showdown at the Marriott between Jackson and Abernathy led to Jackson's split from the civil rights group to form Operation PUSH on Dec. 18, 1971.
Ray Foster / Chicago TribuneMahalia Jackson, left, sings "We Shall Overcome" with civil rights leaders the Rev. Martin Luther King, third left, Jesse Jackson, second from right, and Albert Raby, right, on Aug. 4, 1966. The event happened at 844 W. 71st St. in Chicago.
Luigi Mendicino / Chicago TribuneRev. Jesse Jackson, director of Operation Breadbasket, leaves jail after signing his own cognizance bond on Sept. 12, 1969, at the central police building in Chicago. Jackson was accompanied by Larry Patterson and Robert Weathers, who had been arrested and jailed with him. Jackson's wife Jacqueline is in the front.
Brian Cassella / Chicago TribuneThe Rev. Jesse Jackson and the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition lead a protest through the Loop on Dec. 6, 2015, in response to the Laquan McDonald shooting and continuing Chicago Police investigation.
Chicago Tribune archiveThe Rev. Jesse Jackson marches in 1969.
Brian Cassella / Chicago TribuneThe Rev. Jesse Jackson and family arrive to support Jesse Jackson Jr. at U.S. District Court in Washington. Feb. 20, 2013.
Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago TribuneCook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, left, and Chicago Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot greet with the Rev. Jesse Jackson between them at a unity event on April 3, 2019, at Rainbow/PUSH Coalition.
Ernie Cox / Chicago TribuneThe Rev. Jesse Jackson speaks at Fred Hampton's funeral on Dec. 9, 1969.
Chicago Tribune historical photoThe Rev. Jesse Jackson at the kickoff for Black Expo in 1971.
Chicago TribuneBishop Tavis Grant, from left, Aaron Kinzer, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Dionte Johnson and Brian Serratos walk out of Cook County Jail after a Christmas service led by Jackson in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood on Dec. 25, 2019.
Nancy Stone/Chicago TribuneJesse Jackson Jr., left, with his daughter Jessica, chats with former U.S. Rep. Mel Reynolds, center, and his father, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, right, during services at Salem Baptist Church on Jan. 28, 2000.
E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago TribuneThe Rev. Jesse Jackson joins NATO protesters moving toward the Loop on May 20, 2012, in Chicago.
Anthony Souffle / Chicago TribuneDemocratic presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders stands with Rev. Jesse Jackson March 12, 2016 after they spoke together at the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition headquarters in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago.
Chris Sweda / Chicago TribuneThe Rev. Jesse Jackson gets in his vehicle after speaking on behalf of Bernard Kersh after Kersh bonded out of Cook County Jail in Chicago on Dec. 6, 2019. Kersh was charged with aggravated battery to a peace officer after allegedly spitting at a police officer, prompting the officer to body-slam Kersh to the ground.
Vashon Jordan Jr. / Chicago TribuneThe Rev. Michael Pfleger, from left, the Rev. Jesse Jackson and Chicago Fire Commissioner Annette Nance-Holt march in a peace walk led by St. Sabina Church in Auburn Gresham, June 25, 2021.
Antonio Perez / Chicago TribuneDominique Jones weeps while comforted by the Rev. Jesse Jackson at the start of the walk for peace down the streets of Englewood along with Cardinal Cupich, elected officials, and activists on Good Friday, April 14, 2017.
Karen Engstrom / Chicago TribuneThe Rev. Jesse Jackson with nominee Michael Dukakis at the Democratic National Convention on July 18, 1988, in Atlanta.
John Lee/Chicago TribuneThe Rev. Jesse Jackson speaks during a news conference after speaking to congregation members at the Temple Sholom of Chicago in the Lakeview neighborhood on Aug. 15, 1999.
William Yates / Chicago TribuneRev. Jesse Jackson holds a press conference in the Loop after a motorcade to try to register voters among Black wards on Jan. 24, 1970.
E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago TribuneThe Rev. Jesse Jackson chats with Mayor Lori Lightfoot at the 30th annual Rainbow/PUSH Coalition Martin Luther King Jr. Day scholarship breakfast, Jan. 20, 2020.
Dave Nystrom / Chicago TribuneThe Rev. Jesse Jackson yells to the chairman to get attention for a demand to get a 2/3rd vote during the 1972 Democratic Convention in Miami Beach, Florida, on July 10, 1972. Jackson and his group managed to prevent delegates controlled by Mayor Richard J. Daley from being seated.
Carlos T. Miranda/For the Chicago TribuneThe Rev. Jesse Jackson gives a thumbs-up after his release from Doctors Hospital on July 29, 1998, in Chicago.
Alyssa Pointer / Chicago TribuneU.S. Rep. Danny Davis, left, receives a hug from the Rev. Jesse Jackson during the funeral service for his Davis' grandson, Javon Wilson, at Carey Tercentenary African Methodist Episcopal Church on Nov. 26, 2016.
Stacey Wescott/Chicago TribuneFormer President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton greet the Rev. Jesse Jackson before a memorial service for Paul Wellstone and five others at Williams Arena in Minneapolis in 2002.
Nancy Stone / Chicago TribuneMayor Rahm Emanuel and Jesse Jackson applaud a speech by Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick at the annual Operation PUSH conference in Chicago, July 11, 2012.
Pete Souza/Chicago TribuneThe Rev. Jesse Jackson was the keynote speaker at a rally calling for Congress not to impeach President Bill Clinton on Dec. 17, 1998. Ricky Abraham of New York City was on hand to provide interpretation for the hearing impaired.
Brian Cassella / Chicago TribuneThe Rev. Jesse Jackson leaves federal court in Washington after his son Jesse Jackson Jr. and daughter-in-law Sandi Jackson pleaded guilty to charges related to using federal campaign funds for their personal use.
Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago TribuneThe Rev. Jesse Jackson marches June 2, 2020, in Bronzeville after the May 25 fatal police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago TribuneThe Rev. Michael Pfleger, from left, the Rev. Jesse Jackson and Annette Nance-Holt, mother of gun violence victim Blair Holt, pray in front of Chuck's Gun Shop in Riverdale on June 29, 2007.
E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago TribuneThe Rev. Jesse Jackson at the 30th annual Rainbow/PUSH Coalition Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day scholarship breakfast, Jan. 20, 2020.
Chicago TribuneRev. Jesse Jackson, from left, Cassius Clay and Gayle Sayers at an event for the CTA bus drivers on Sept. 4, 1968.
Nancy Stone / Chicago TribuneJoel Ewanick with General Motors, left and Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick flank the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who held his annual Operation/PUSH Coalition conference in Chicago on July 11, 2012.
John Yates / Chicago TribuneThe Rev. Jesse Jackson at services in memory of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. outside Dunbar High School in Chicago in 1969.
George Quinn / Chicago TribuneDavid Duke, left, the Grand Wizard and National Director of the Ku Klux Klan and Rev. Jesse Jackson, right, during a taped discussion with Steve Edwards, center, the host of WLS-TV on Sept. 8, 1977, at 190 N. State Street in Chicago.
Candice C. Cusic/Chicago TribuneRev. Jesse Jackson was given an award at the culmination of the American Appreciation and Education Weekend Celebration, an event commemorating the anniversary of President Lyndon B. Johnson's signing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and celebrating the birthday of Jackson's uncle, Rev. J. Archie Hargraves in 2001.
Abel Uribe / Chicago TribuneU.S. Rep. Bobby Rush, second from left, and the Rev. Jesse Jackson lock arms along Michigan Avenue during a demonstration on Black Friday 2015 in the wake of the release of video showing the fatal police shooting of Laquan McDonald.
Associated PressThe Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., center, stands on the balcony of the Memphis Motel at approximately the spot where he was shot by an assassin in this April 3, 1968, file photo. Jesse Jackson is on the left.
Ovie Carter / Chicago TribuneThe Rev. Jesse Jackson at Cabrini-Green in 1970.
Frank Hanes / Chicago TribuneThe Rev. Jesse and his wife, Jacqueline, introduce their day old daughter Jacqueline Lavinia Sept. 29th, 1975.
Phil Velasquez/Chicago TribuneThe Rev. Jesse Jackson speaks at a luncheon on March 24, 1999, at Midland Hotel where he announced that he would not run for president in the year 2000.
Chris Walker / Chicago TribuneThe Rev. Jesse Jackson, center, listens to protesters chant during a stop outside the historic Chicago Water Tower as protesters march on Michigan Avenue on Nov. 27, 2015, demanding justice for Laquan McDonald.
Ovie Carter / Chicago TribuneRev. Jesse Jackson with his wife Jacqueline at Operation PUSH headquarters, 930 W. 50th St. "We must, in my judgement, assume a new course, organize a new coalition under a new leadership."
Abel Uribe / Chicago TribuneDr. Kiran Chekka, of Roseland Community Hospital, injects the Rev. Jesse Jackson with a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, Jan. 8, 2021.
Charles Osgood / Chicago TribuneThe Rev. Jesse Jackson, left, chats with U.S. Sen. Barack Obama at the Rainbow/PUSH Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Award Breakfast in 2005.
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The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who was admitted to Northwestern Memorial Hospital on Aug. 21 with COVID-19, has moved to a rehabilitation center as his symptoms abate, while his wife, Jacqueline, has been moved into the intensive care unit at the hospital, according to a statement from Jonathan Jackson, one of the couple’s five children.
Jackson, 79, has been transferred to the Shirley Ryan Ability Lab for physical and occupational therapy. Jacqueline, 77, is receiving increased oxygen and breathing on her own.
Jackson said his parents “continue to receive excellent medical care” for the coronavirus.
“We urge that you continue to keep them in your prayers,” he said.
The civil rights leader is vaccinated against the virus. He received his first dose in January during a publicized event as he urged others to receive the inoculation as soon as possible.
Jesse Jackson has Parkinson’s disease, but has remained an active voice in voting rights, mask mandates for schools and affordable housing, among other causes. Earlier this month, he was arrested for civil disobedience, and in late July, Jackson was arrested during a sit-in at the Phoenix office of Democratic U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, who has faced pressure over her opposition to ending the filibuster to pass voting rights legislation.
The Associated Press contributed.
