text: Wilson has also authored the book Second Banana: The Bittersweet Memoirs of the Sanford & Son Years, which was scheduled for release on August 31, 2009. According to an interview on the Celebrity Care.com website, Wilson said: "It's just a documented truth, behind the scenes factual account of what happened during those years. Red (Foxx) and I were making history back in those days. We were the first blacks to be on television in that capacity and we opened the door for all those other shows that came after us."