EXCLUSIVE: The true story of John Hawkins, the first Black cheerleader at Ole Miss, who refused to carry a Confederate flag onto the football field in the 1980s, is the basis of a drama series in development at Max, Deadline has learned.
The Untitled John Hawkins Project will be written and executive produced by Kristen SaBerre (The Good Lord Bird, Knightfall) and produced by Jean Smart and Angeliki Giannakopoulos at Smart’s SmartAngel Entertainment.
Hawkins will serve as co-executive producer and consultant. Hawkins discussed his historic decision to not carry the flag in a 2020 interview with Jackson, Mississippi television station WLBT. ”I was not going to carry that flag,” Hawkins said. “I understood what it represented.
I understood that for some students, for some people who embraced the flag that it was the symbol of school spirit for them.
Read more on deadline.com
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