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"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 Urban People USA/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, Chicago Tribune, North Carolina Conservative, Caribbean Express, African Quest, Mundo Hispanico, 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,NY worked on a MBA and on to 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 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.
 
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.


 

 

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