Speaker 1: goodness the mayor has the most power in our city — she really knows what she's doing. speaker 2: it's great to know that town business is being handled by a professional administrator. speaker 3: each of our city leaders supervises a different service, which means they really understand the issues. speaker 4: i like that our town's government allows every citizen to have a voice in deciding major issues. which speaker is expressing a positive opinion about an aspect of the council-manager plan of municipal government? a. speaker 1 b. speaker 3 c. speaker 4 d. speaker 2

Excerpt from w. e. b. du bois jon reese 4 du bois was one of the first male civil rights leaders to recognize the problems of gender discrimination. he was among the first men to understand the unique problems of black women, and to value their contributions. he supported the women's suffrage movement and strove to integrate this mostly white struggle. he encouraged many black female writers, artists, poets, and novelists, featuring their works in his crisis magazine and sometimes providing personal financial assistance to them. the cause was that w.e.b. du bois encouraged many black female writers, artists, poets, and novelists. what was the result? think about cause-and-effect relationships.