“I always dreamed of having a peacock chair just because it’s so ingrained in Black culture,” said Amanda Wicks, seated, with ...

White peafowl display an ethereal bleached version of the classic peacock aesthetic ... but rather leucistic, meaning they're born with a genetic condition that strips them—or parts of them ...

With its rounded base, intricately woven detailing, and unique circular backpiece, the peacock chair has surprisingly become an enduring symbol of Black empowerment, liberation, and kinship.

He must have been a myth, a folktale. Who could imagine an ethereal white peacock, in all its glorious, glistening plumage, would roam freely through the town tucked deep in the Santa Cruz ...