Donna Cannon watches a rehearsal of the dance group Kuumba Kids Feb. 13, 2013 at Longfellow School in Oak Park. Cannon, mother of three Longfellow students, started the dance group that will perform Feb. 22 at the school's Black History Month celebration. | Rob Hart~Sun-Times Media

Anya Ivey dances in rehearsal with Kuumba Kids Feb. 13, 2013 at Longfellow School in Oak Park. Donna Cannon, mother of three Longfellow students, started the dance group that will perform Feb. 22 at the school's Black History Month celebration. | Rob Hart~Sun-Times Media

Aspen Williams, center, performs a dance in rehearsal with the group Kuumba Kids Feb. 13, 2013 at Longfellow School in Oak Park. Donna Cannon, mother of three Longfellow students, started the dance group that will perform Feb. 22 at the school's Black History Month celebration. | Rob Hart~Sun-Times Media

Myia Kidd, center, rehearses with the dance group Kuumba Kids Feb. 13, 2013 at Longfellow School in Oak Park. Donna Cannon, mother of three Longfellow students, started the dance group that will perform Feb. 22 at the school's Black History Month celebration. | Rob Hart~Sun-Times Media

Donna Cannon plays drums in rehearsal for Kuumba Kids at Longfellow School in Oak Park. Cannon, mother of three Longfellow students, started the group. It will perform Feb. 22 at the school's Black History Month celebration. | Rob Hart~Sun-Times Media

Naomi DuBois, center, in rehearsal of the dance group Kuumba Kids Feb. 13, 2013 at Longfellow School in Oak Park. Donna Cannon, mother of three Longfellow students, started the dance group that will perform Feb. 22 at the school's Black History Month celebration. | Rob Hart~Sun-Times Media

Julian Bradford dances in rehearsal to the song My Girl with the dance group Kuumba Kids Feb. 13, 2013 at Longfellow School in Oak Park. Donna Cannon, mother of three Longfellow students, started the dance group that will perform Feb. 22 at the school's Black History Month celebration. | Rob Hart~Sun-Times Media

Perahje Cannon, left, and Leo Buczkowski rehearse a dance to a Michael Jackson song with the dance group Kuumba Kids Feb. 13, 2013 at Longfellow School in Oak Park. Donna Cannon, mother of three Longfellow students, started the dance group that will perform Feb. 22 at the school's Black History Month celebration. | Rob Hart~Sun-Times Media

Avrie Brown, center, rehearses with the dance group Kuumba Kids Feb. 13, 2013 at Longfellow School in Oak Park. Donna Cannon, mother of three Longfellow students, started the dance group that will perform Feb. 22 at the school's Black History Month celebration. | Rob Hart~Sun-Times Media

Myia Kidd, center, rehearses with the dance group Kuumba Kids Feb. 13, 2013 at Longfellow School in Oak Park. Donna Cannon, mother of three Longfellow students, started the dance group that will perform Feb. 22 at the school's Black History Month celebration. | Rob Hart~Sun-Times Media