Felipe Luciano (born c. 1947 in East Harlem, New York City, New York,) is an American poet, community activist, journalist, media personality, and politician. He is of Afro-Puerto Rican heritage.
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 and five other members co-founded a New York branch of the Young Lords (later this group changed its name to Young Lords Party). Their local legal counsel was a young Jerry Rivers (now known as Geraldo Rivera) and served as its chair. The Young Lords as a movement began in Chicago and spread nationally. It was founded by Jose Cha Cha Jimenez who transformed the original group from a gang. It developed politically because the Puerto Rican community in Chicago was being gentrified and families were being displaced.The Young Lords Party in NYC was a branch which sprouted from within the Young Lords Movement.The New York branch was formed primarily as a student political movement. It later coalesced with several other New York branches of the national Young Lords to form a New York Regional Chapter.
Luciano later became a radio, television, and print journalist, and became President of Luciano Productions, Inc.
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Films
- 1971 - Right On!: Poetry on Film (Original Last Poets; directed by Herbert Danska)
- 1973 - Badge 373 (directed by Howard Koch)
- 1979 - Salsa: Latin Music in the Cities (directed by Jeremy Marre)
- 1994 - It Could Happen to You (directed by Andrew Bergman)
- 1996 - Palante, Siempre Palante (documentary on the Young Lords; directed by Iris Morales)
- 2006 - Yo soy Boricua, pa'que tu lo sepas! (I'm Boricua, Just So You Know!)
- 2009 - Latin Music USA (Episode 2)
- 2015 - Rubble Kings (documentary directed by Shan Nicholson)
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See also
- The Last Poets
References
External links
- Felipe Luciano candidate profile
- a Young Lords resource
- bio at DV Republic
- Young Lords in Lincoln Park
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