When I think of Martin Luther King Jr.'s I have a dream speech, a lot comes to mind.  He made such a heavy impact on this country that I sometimes wonder what it would be like if he had not stepped up and done what he did.  Would someone else fill his shoes and make that commitment?  I highly doubt it.  We as emerging leaders would not be sitting next to each other, with different races and ethnicity.  MLK went up against a country and he says so in his geographical descriptions, not just the south, though this was his biggest challenge.     For me, being biracial, I definitely do not think I would exist today without his impact.  My mom is white and my dad is black so their relationship would probably still have been outlawed.  My dad probably would be dead or in jail. So really the fate of my parents and my entire family rests solely in the hands of Martin Luther King Jr. and his leadership ability.