Felipe Luciano
Felipe Luciano (born ca. 1948, New York City) is an American poet, community activist, journalist, media personality, and politician. He is of Puerto Rican heritage.[1]
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).[citation needed]
He co-founded the Young Lords (also called the Young Lords Party) in the 1960s and served as its chair. Although the Young Lords in Chicago began as a gang before they became politicized, the Young Lords Party in NYC reportedly began as a political movement.[citation needed]
Luciano later became a radio, television, and print journalist, and won several awards[citation needed]. He is President and founder of Luciano Productions, Inc.[citation needed]
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[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)
- 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!)
[edit] References
- ^ Kareem Fahim (August 21, 2001). "Barrio Match: Reed vs. Luciano". The Village Voice. http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0133,166004,27468,5.html.
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