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WASHINGTON - Reverend Jesse Jackson was hospitalized Monday night after falling and hitting his head in Washington, D.C.
The 80-year-old Chicago civil rights leader was entering a Howard University campus building when he fell and hit his head, according to Jackson spokesman Frank Watkins.
He was taken to Howard University Hospital where tests were conducted, including a CT scan, and everything came back normal, according to Watkins.
Jackson was being kept overnight at the hospital for observation.
"Family, he’s resting comfortably and doing well," Santita Jackson, one of Jackson’s daughters, posted on Twitter along with a story from The Grio about his fall.
Jackson was attending a meeting with Howard President Wayne A.I. Frederick and the students, who were discussing their complaints about living conditions, according to Watkins.
Jackson, who has Parkinson’s disease, has already been hospitalized twice this year. He checked into a Chicago hospital for a breakthrough COVID-19 infection in August and required weeks of physical therapy as COVID affected his Parkinson’s and his ability to walk and talk. He also underwent gallbladder surgery earlier in the year.
Since being released from the hospital for COVID-19 treatment and physical therapy, Jackson has resumed an active travel and public speaking schedule.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.