In the landmark U. S. Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education (1954), parents sued the Topeka, Kansas, Board of Education for violating their child's Fourteenth Amendment right to equal protection under the law by separating students by race. The District Court ruled in favor of the Topeka Board of Education. On appeal, the U. S. Supreme Court ordered this ruling to be reversed. Which statement best describes the impact of the U. S. Supreme Court's ruling in this case?

It gave parents the right to choose their children's schools in Kansas.

It created racially separate schools of equal quality in the United States.

It gave parents the right to sue their children's school districts in Kansas.

It made it illegal to create racially segregated schools in the United States.