I can definitely agree with Lippman's statement about pictures. It seems as if to really understand the picture, we ourselves as people must have some sort of stake in the picture. Though the image of the noose has been around for quite some time, many people have not been able to fully grasp the idea of this image until the "Jena 6" story broke out.

As this picture has been shown on the media to tell this story, younger generations, such as ours, have gotten a better idea of the gravity of this image.