Youth, education spotlighted during Black History Month event

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North Chicago Sunday 02.03.13. North Chicago High School Choir members perform during 30th Annual Profiles Excellence event Sunday Feb. 3

North Chicago Sunday 02.03.13. North Chicago High School Choir members perform during the 30th Annual Profiles in Excellence event on Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013, at the Greenbelt Cultural Center in North Chicago. | Buzz Orr~Sun-Times Media

North Chicago Sunday 02.03.13. Audrey H. NixForest Preserve Commissioner Diversity Comm. Chairman speaks during 30th Annual Profiles Excellence event Sunday

North Chicago Sunday 02.03.13. Audrey H. Nixon, Forest Preserve Commissioner and Diversity Comm. Chairman, speaks during the 30th Annual Profiles in Excellence event on Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013, at the Greenbelt Cultural Center in North Chicago. | Buzz Orr~Sun-Times Media

North Chicago Sunday 02.03.13. Pastor Percy JohnsNew Hope Missionary Baptist Church gives Invocatiduring 30th Annual Profiles Excellence event Sunday Feb.

North Chicago Sunday 02.03.13. Pastor Percy Johnson of New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, gives the Invocation during the 30th Annual Profiles in Excellence event on Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013, at the Greenbelt Cultural Center in North Chicago. | Buzz Orr~Sun-Times Media

North Chicago Sunday 02.03.13. Robert Presley who leads North Chicago High School Choir speaks during 30th Annual Profiles Excellence event

North Chicago Sunday 02.03.13. Robert Presley, who leads the North Chicago High School Choir, speaks during the 30th Annual Profiles in Excellence event on Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013, at the Greenbelt Cultural Center in North Chicago. | Buzz Orr~Sun-Times Media

North Chicago Sunday 02.03.13. People sing along with North Chicago High School Choir during 30th Annual Profiles Excellence event Sunday

North Chicago Sunday 02.03.13. People sing along with the North Chicago High School Choir during the 30th Annual Profiles in Excellence event on Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013, at the Greenbelt Cultural Center in North Chicago. | Buzz Orr~Sun-Times Media

North Chicago Sunday 02.03.13. People attend 30th Annual Profiles Excellence event Sunday Feb. 3 2013 Greenbelt Cultural Center North Chicago.

North Chicago Sunday 02.03.13. People attend the 30th Annual Profiles in Excellence event on Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013, at the Greenbelt Cultural Center in North Chicago. | Buzz Orr~Sun-Times Media

North Chicago High School Choir members perform during 30th Annual Profiles Excellence event Sunday Feb. 3 2013 Greenbelt Cultural Center

North Chicago High School Choir members perform during the 30th Annual Profiles in Excellence event on Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013, at the Greenbelt Cultural Center in North Chicago. | Buzz Orr~Sun-Times Media

Dr. Constance Collins School District 116 Superintendent speaks during 30th Annual Profiles Excellence event Sunday Feb. 3 2013 Greenbelt Cultural

Dr. Constance Collins, School District 116 Superintendent, speaks during the 30th Annual Profiles in Excellence event on Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013, at the Greenbelt Cultural Center in North Chicago. | Buzz Orr~Sun-Times Media

Sunday was about more than the Super Bowl. More than 200 people attended the Profiles in Excellence program at Greenbelt Cultural Center in North Chicago to kick off Black History Month. This was the 30th annual Profiles in Excellence event, according to Rev. Angelo Kyle …