Schalk discusses the photo of Margarite Wallace and Lou Byers presented in the article in particular Schalk notes how the clothing worn by Byers and Wallace doesn't clearly allude to their socio-economic status. Schalk talks about how their expressions and poses do no evoke either pitiful or angry emotions.

Schalk's Description of Photograph

Byers was ignored in the hospital after the surgery and allowed to wander the hospital to the point that Byers at one point left the building entirely. 

Byers Time after the Surgery

The week after the publishing of the April 30, 1977 the Black Panthers published an article based on information from an interview with Margarite Wallace, titled "Mother of Psychosurgery Victim Appeals for Community Help."

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- April 30, 1977 Article
- "Mother of Psychosurgery Victim Appeal for Community Help"
- "V.A. Hospital Pays for Human Guinea Pigs: Perms Psychosurgery on Black Oakland Youth"

Black Panther Articles on Lou Byers

Schalk, Sami. Black Disability Politics, New York, USA: Duke University Press, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781478027003

Black Disability Politics

The April 30, 1977 article on Lou Byers covers Lou's time in the military, incarceration, and experience with psychosurgery.

April 30, 1977 Lou Byers Article

"Mother of Psychosurgery Victim Appeals for Community Help"

"V.A. Hospital Pays For Human Guinea Pigs: Performs Psychosurgery on Black Oakland Youth," was the third and final article published in the Black Panther about Lou Byers, published a week after "Mother of Psychosurgery Victim Appeal for Community Help."

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