Percy Haynes
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Percy Haynes
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Piercy Augustus "Percy" Haynes was a Canadian musician. Haynes was born in British Guiana and emigrated to Canada at an early age. He was a strong all-around athlete, winning local championships in track and field, basketball, and softball. He was the Winnipeg amateur welterweight boxing champion in 1933 and 1934. During the Second World War he was refused enlistment because of his race, but appealed this rule and became the first Black Canadian naval serviceman of the modern era. In 1943 he mar
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