The picture that stood out to me was the one with the 16-year old African American boy lynched and whites are just standing around watching. There are men, women, and even children that watched the boy get lynched. I think the author included this picture to show the  works of the mobs around and how everything was really bad back then and to show how things have gotten better now. This picture stood out to me because of all the people that were watching, and it looks like this was during the day. Plus, the boy was only 16-years old.