What is true about black women's support for women's suffrage?
A) Since women's clubs were very conservative, they avoided controversial political issues.
B) Black women's clubs came out strongly in public against women's suffrage.
C) They had long supported women's suffrage and understood that the right to vote meant political power.
D) Black women tended to be for suffrage only for very wealthy black women.
Answer: C
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