Many planes have small, black triangles above certain windows. Flight attendants use these windows to perform safety checks.

But as designer Leigh explains, putting her black room ideas into practice required a little persuasion. 'The decision to go for such a daring color was initially met with hesitation,' she says ...

At 88, historian David Levering Lewis, a biographer of W.E.B. DuBois, has filled in gaps in his knowledge of his own family line, and he takes readers along on the journey.