"Deep River: A Spiritual Journey," is a concert of African American Spirituals with the Rev. Dr. Sylvia Pleas '78 narrating her original story about African slaves on a pre-Civil War plantation along the banks of the Ohio River and featuring Henry Pleas, tenor, and Chris Garofalo, piano. On Feb. 23 during Black History Month, North Central College will feature "Deep River: A Spiritual Journey," a live musical presentation and original narrative about African slaves who lived along the Great River before the Civil War. The free program will begin at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23, in North Central’s Koten Chapel at Kiekhofer Hall, 329 E. School St., Naperville.