Attended: Carver High School, Mount Olive, North Carolina
"in the middle...a non-partisan delight" Loo Oates,
Jr. Occupation:: Entrepreneur, Commentator, Business Consultant, Political Consultant..Location: NC-NY Event/Topics:
Motivational/Inspirational, Political/Business ...
He is the author of "I Am A Black Man" and the Publisher of "The
Oates Report" the CEO/Publisher of Black Pages Today.com and Political Black.com. He can be read throughout the Internet on
various web Sites. Ten years ago Loo Oates Jr. wrote his first political short story about the changing landscape of
politics, predicting the rise of the Republican Party in the 1994 elections. Mr. Oates Reports can be viewed on more than
100 sites on the Internet. His articles have appeared on Black Voices, Chicago Tribune, Black Men In America, Global Black
News, Online Magazine, Opinion Magazine, Black Family and Talk Back. He is a Contributing Editor for the New York
Black Today and The Good News Gazette newspapers.
Additional his work has been recognized by many national newspapers
and magazines - including Jet, Ebony, Chicago Tribune, North Carolina Conservative, Caribbean Express, African Quest,
Mundo Hispanico, News Argus, WNCT TV, V-108 Talk etc. His record as a Political Consultant have kept him in high demand
in Democrats and Republicans inner circles. Along the way, Mr. Oates has taken countless issues, buoyed by his lighthearted
views of serious and important issues.
Born in North Carolina, Loo graduated from Carver High School in Mount Olive
NC and signed a contract to play baseball with the Indianapolis Clowns, the last barnstorming team from the old Negro League.
He played in the Atlanta Braves Minor League System. Attended Long Island University in Brooklyn, worked on a MBA at
Adelphi University and on to Brooklyn Law School.
In 1989, Oates, relocated to Raleigh North Carolina, where he served as The Executive Director
of the North Carolina Council On The Homeless. He started the National Black Pages Inc. in 1989-1990 and went on to
publish directories in North Carolina. Later he was one of the first to go digital, by moving Black Pages Today.com to the
Internet, where it still ranks as the # 1 Black Pages on the Internet. http://www.blackpagestoday.com
Oates became the founder of the Black Business Owners, Professionals and Entrepreneurs (BOPE
http://www.ncbope.com in North Carolina, helping to establish over 100 small businesses.
Articles On The Net:
Loo Oates Aboard Big Red With The Indianapolis Clowns
This site is dedicated to all the players who toiled in Negro League Baseball, and all the Barmstorming Teams, eventually
paving the way for modern day players. To my father, Jack Oates who made me believe I could play
and instilled the most vital aspect of my game, the killer instinct, by encouraging me to throw the brushback at batters digging
in. To my uncle Demetrius "T-Meat" Raynor who taught me the will to win, my high school coach,
JD Evans who taught me to work hard and excel at my game. Coaches Lionel Hickerson
and Sonny"JO" Bennett who taught and encouraged me. To my sandlot catcher, Bruce Bennett who allowed
me to throw any pitch I wanted. I owe a special thanks to a man I learned to love, the late Charles
Middlebrooks, my baseball coach with the Clowns, who taught me toughness and pride in playing baseball.
I would like to pay a special Tribute to my good friend, the late Carver Durham,
a walking encyclopedia on the Negro League Baseball and one helluva baseball player too. We miss you my friend.
Also to Allen Warren, Buck Oates and my teammates on the Indianapolis
Clowns.
