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. Washington. 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).
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 EitutaviÃÂius, 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
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