Felipe Luciano

Felipe Luciano (b. 1948) is a Puerto Rican American Poet, Activist and Journalist. His mother was a first-generation Puerto Rican born in New York and his father was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Luciano was active in the Young Lords Party and a co-founder of The Last Poets with Gylan Kain and David Nelson. The trio of New York-based performers emphasized a black re-awakening and were the subject of Herbert Danska’s 1970 documentary Right On!. The Last Poets influenced Hip-Hop, Jazz and Spoken word of the Era. Luciano began hosting radio programs where he played the rising Salsa movement and Latin music. He was the first Puerto Rican news anchor of a major media network station in the U.S. and won two Emmy awards for his journalism.