Jesse Jackson hospitalized after fall at Howard University

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The Rev. Jesse Jackson was hospitalized Monday in Washington D.C., after falling and hitting his head while helping Howard University students who are protesting living conditions on campus.
A spokesman says the 80-year-old Chicago civil rights leader was entering a campus building when he fell and hit his head. Jackson’s staff took him to Howard University Hospital for various tests including a CT scan which came back normal.
Watkins said Jackson was kept a the hospital overnight for observation.
Jackson, who has Parkinson’s disease, has already been hospitalized twice this year, including for a breakthrough COVID-19 infection.