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Laurinburg Institute Capital Campaign<\/b><\/p>\n

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Founded in 1904, the Laurinburg Institute was a private, day school that served as a public school because there was no other school for Black youth at the time. The Institute added a residential program in the early 1920’s to provide resident housing for students who lived too far away to be transported to the school on a daily basis.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Well-known alumni of the Laurinburg Institute include <\/span>Dizzy Gillespie<\/b> (Trumpeter), <\/span>Sir John Swan<\/b> (Bermuda Premier, Member of the British Cabinet), <\/span>Charlie Scott<\/b> (Athlete) <\/span>John Russell<\/b> (Basketball Referee) <\/span>Dr. Frances Foster<\/b> (Ophthalmologist), and <\/span>Larry Hall<\/b>, (Current Attorney and former State Legislator, Head of the Democratic Party, and NC Secretary of Veteran Affairs).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Presently, the Laurinburg Institute is developing a virtual, distance learning program for students in grades 9-12. Phase 1 of the Laurinburg Institute Capital Campaign will complete renovations of the classroom building and provide certified, 9-12th grade, private education that will be open to all students while primarily serving Black students in the region. Phase 2 of the Capital Campaign will renovate, recover, and restore nine historic buildings and campus. When Phase 2 is completed, the Laurinburg Institute will return to providing 9th-12th grade education plus 1 year of post-secondary education for both day and residential students. The Laurinburg Institute is a state-approved educational institution which receives Opportunity Scholarships to cover the cost of education for qualified NC students.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Laurinburg Institute was severely damaged by Hurricane Matthew in 2016 and Hurricane Florence in 2018. The roofs on all nine major buildings were significantly damaged and rendered the buildings unusable. The Board of Trustees is fully committed to raising all of the needed funds for both Phase 1 and Phase 2 of the Capital Recovery Project.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Capital Campaign is a local, state, regional, and national campaign and includes outreach to individual donors, alumni, descendants of alumni, foundations, corporate giving, sponsorships, and government.<\/span><\/p>\n

For more information and interest in the Capital Campaign, contact:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n FRANK H. \u201cBISHOP\u201d McDUFFIE, JR.<\/b> <\/span>President, Laurinburg Institute<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n 125 McGirts Bridge Road<\/span> <\/span>Laurinburg, NC 28352<\/span> <\/span> <\/span>www.laurinburginstitute.org<\/b><\/p>\n Help Grow the Impact!<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i>Go Fund Me:\u00a0 <\/b>https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/tiger-gold<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.22.3″ custom_padding=”0px|||||”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″ custom_padding=”||0px|||”] Laurinburg Institute Capital Campaign   Founded in 1904, the Laurinburg Institute was a private, day school that served as a public school because there was no other school for Read More …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"\n This is an example page. It's different from a blog post because it will stay in one place and will show up in your site navigation (in most themes). Most people start with an About page that introduces them to potential site visitors. It might say something like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hi there! I'm a bike messenger by day, aspiring actor by night, and this is my website. I live in Los Angeles, have a great dog named Jack, and I like pi\u00f1a coladas. (And gettin' caught in the rain.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n ...or something like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The XYZ Doohickey Company was founded in 1971, and has been providing quality doohickeys to the public ever since. Located in Gotham City, XYZ employs over 2,000 people and does all kinds of awesome things for the Gotham community.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n As a new WordPress user, you should go to your dashboard<\/a> to delete this page and create new pages for your content. Have fun!<\/p>\n","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-135","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.laurinburginstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.laurinburginstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.laurinburginstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.laurinburginstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.laurinburginstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.laurinburginstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":352,"href":"https:\/\/www.laurinburginstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/135\/revisions\/352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.laurinburginstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}