Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson was hospitalized after he fell while protesting poor campus living conditions with students at Howard University on Monday. Jackson, 80, has joined demonstrators several times since the protests started on Oct. 12. In a tweet, Howard University said: "While meeting with various administrators, including Dr. Wayne Frederick, Rev. Jackson sustained an injury upon entering the Blackburn Center. Our thoughts and prayers are with Rev. Jesse Jackson and his family at this time." The university said Jackson was taken to the hospital by a university administrator and was later joined by Frederick, who is the university's president. This is the third time Jackson has been hospitalized this year. In February, Jackson was hospitalized for gallbladder surgery, and in August, Jackson was hospitalized for a breakthrough COVID-19 case. Students at the HBCU are sleeping outdoors in tents to protest "poor&qu
Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson was hospitalized after he fell while protesting poor campus living conditions with
YinYang/iStock (WASHINGTON, D.C.) Dozens of Howard University students are sleeping outdoors in a tent encampment on campus grounds to protest what they describe as "poor" and "unlivable" conditions in the college dormitories. Students told ABC News that portions of the university living quarters have mold and insect and rodent infestations, as well as leaky ceilings and flooding all of which they say put their health at risk. Lamiya Murray, an 18-year-old freshman currently living in one of the tents, believes the mold that she said she spotted in her dorm room was responsible for a respiratory infection she battled earlier this year. "I'm not going to say that I expect a lot more, I expect the bare minimum. I expect decent housing," Murray told ABC News. "I expect to be in a space where I will feel safe and secure, but the dorms became a health hazard. I was waking up every morning with a cough that I didn't go to sleep with the night
YinYang/iStock (WASHINGTON, D.C.) Dozens of Howard University students are sleeping outdoors in a tent encampment on campus grounds to protest what they