In the small district of Mines, St. Ann, Jamaica, a queen was born to Ann Black and David Slader on October 19, 1936—even though official records insist on January 19, 1937, a clerical twist that has remained a beloved family joke for decades. The family celebrates both, but October will always hold the truth of Mama P’s arrival into the world.Thelma Salder White, the last of five children, was perhaps the fiercest of them all. A quiet loner by nature, she wa...