Laurinburg Institute
Laurinburg Institute is a historic African American preparatory school in Laurinburg, North Carolina. The school was founded in 1904 by Emmanuel Monty and Tinny McDuffie at the request of Booker T. Emmanuel McDuffie was a graduate from Snow Hill Normal and Industrial Institute. Alumni of the school have competed at the collegiate, international, and professional levels in basketball, including in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Laurinburg Institute
- Name
- Laurinburg Institute
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Laurinburg Institute is a historic African American preparatory school in Laurinburg, North Carolina. The school was founded in 1904 by Emmanuel Monty and Tinny McDuffie at the request of Booker T. Emmanuel McDuffie was a graduate from Snow Hill Normal and Industrial Institute. Alumni of the school have competed at the collegiate, international, and professional levels in basketball, including in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Note VALÉORINE
No house-authored Note is published until its assertions and sources pass the VALÉORINE evidence contract. The documentary article remains available in full while that enrichment is being consolidated.
Documentary enrichment in progress · no unsupported statement published
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Laurinburg Institute. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Evidence Panel
not yet certified
- Identity
- unresolved
- Independent source families
- 0
- Admitted assertions
- 0
- Open conflicts
- 0
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Laurinburg Institute • Address — 125 McGirts Bridge Road • City — Laurinburg, North Carolina • Zipcode — 28352 • Country — United States • President — Frank H. McDuffie, Jr. • Ceeb — 342176 • Grades — 9–12 • Motto — "Deeds, Not Words" • Team Name — Tigers • Colors — Blue and gold • Website — http: www.laurinburginstitute.org/ • Illustration — Postcard image of Moore Academic Hall at the Laurinburg Institute
Notable alumni
Notable alumni
• Antonio Anderson, NBA player • Renaldo Balkman, NBA player • Spider Bennett, ABA player • Joe Budden, broadcaster, songwriter, and former rapper • Draelon Burns, basketball player • Wes Covington, MLB player • Charlie Davis, NBA player • Joey Dorsey, NBA player • Robert Dozier, PBA player • Arvydas Eitutavičius, Lithuanian professional basketball player • Mike Evans, NBA player and coach • Dizzy Gillespie, musician • Chris Johnson, NBA player • Sam Jones, member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, 10x NBA champion and 5x NBA All-Star • Omar Khanani, basketball player • Earl "The Goat" Manigault, street basketball player • Grachan Moncur III, jazz trombonist • Billy Reid, NBA Player • Quantez Robertson, BBL player • Magnum Rolle, Bahamian professional basketball player • Charlie Scott, member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, 3x NBA All-Star and NBA champion in 1976 • Jimmy Walker, NBA player • Chris Washburn, NBA player • Dexter Westbrook, ABA player • Shawne Williams, NBA player
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 27 September 2026.
Elsewhere in General
22,759 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- LaurensPlace
- Laurens CountyPlace
- Laurentian UniversityOrganisation
- LaurentumPlace
- LausannePlace
- LauschaPlace
- LautaroPlace
- LauterbourgPlace
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own an object connected with Laurinburg Institute?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.