The “Prof” is back.Roosevelt Wilson, former owner and publisher of the Capital Outlook newspaper, has revived his “Against the Grain” column. It now appears as part of his new blogging site, The Grain Online.
Wilson is a native of Bunnell, Florida. He earned his bachelor’s degree in English from Bethune-Cookman and a master’s degree in Mass Communications from Florida State. He served as FAMU’s sports information director from 1969 to 1977, directed university publications from 1977 to 1980, and then succeeded the late Hansel Tookes as FAMU’s athletic director from 1980 to 1985. Wilson also taught in FAMU’s School of Journalism and Graphic Communication.
He started his “Against the Grain” column while working as a T. Thomas Fortune Fellow at the Winston-Salem Chronicle during the summer of 1989. He then began syndicating it to other newspapers, including the Capital Outlook. When Wilson purchased the Outlook in 1991, the column became the newspaper’s most popular feature. The column also ran in the Tallahassee Democrat from 1992 to 1997.
Wilson has come out swinging once again in his latest column entitled: “FAMU BOT should be applauded.”
Read it here.