Felipe Luciano

Biography

Felipe Luciano is a poet and community activist of Afro-Puerto Rican heritage born in East Harlem, New York City in 1947. He played a significant role in the Young Lords Party and The Last Poets, contributing to the emergence of radicalism among Puerto Ricans in the late 1960s and 1970s. A journalist by profession, Luciano worked as radio, television, and print journalist, also starring in films like "Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy" (2021) and "Badge 373" (1973).