encouraged her to go by offering to pay her
plane fare. When Leoline phoned Mother
Mary Consolatrice Wright with her plans,
Consolatrice also encouraged her and asked
Leoline to keep her informed. At the same
time, however, the bishop of the Mobile,
Ala., Diocese, Thomas Toolen, forbade
priests and sisters in his diocese to join the
movement.
When Leoline arrived in Selma, she
also stayed at Good Samaritan Hospital. In
preparation for the trek to Montgomery,
the Southern Christian Leadership Conference ( M
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