Which one of the following statements concerning the People's or Populist Party is not true?

a) Like most white Southerners, Populists were racially bigoted and consequently refused to accept the support of black people.
b) The Populist Party evolved from Farmers' Alliance organizations.
c) Populists sometimes oversimplified their problems and solutions, but the problems were real and the solutions often had merit.
d) No Answer, all are true.