Felipe Luciano

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Felipe Luciano (b. East Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, c. 1948) is an American poet, community activist, journalist, media personality, and politician. He is of Puerto Rican heritage.

In his youth, Luciano served time in prison for manslaughter in the fatal stabbing of a Brooklyn teenager in the early 1960s. Following his release, he attended Queens College and became a member of the Original Last Poets (with Gylan Kain and David Nelson). He co-founded a New York-based Puerto Rican-American organization called the Young Lords (also called the Young Lords Party) in the 1960s, and served as its chair. The Young Lords was in some ways a gang, but its members also considered it to be a political movement.

He later became a radio, television, and print journalist and won several awards for his work in these fields. Since the late 20th century he has run for various local government positions.

He is also the president and founder of Luciano Productions, Inc.

[edit] Films

1971 - Right On!: Poetry on Film (Original Last Poets). Directed by Herbert Danska.
1979 - Salsa: Latin Music in the Cities. Directed by Jeremy Marre.