The Harlem Renaissance is widely known as a period in the history of the United States that greatly influenced the general development of American society and in particular the development of Afro-American culture. It was the time when African-American culture flourished producing enormous amounts of literary, music, and artworks that redefined the following course of American history and social makeup. This phenomenon has received several names. Apart from the Harlem Renaissance, it was also referred to as Black Literary Renaissance (highlighting the flourishing of the Afro-American writers and unprecedented scale of their talent) and New Negro Renaissance in more general terms describing the development of African American art, literature, drama, etc. Overall, it was the time when black artists, writers, and dramatists invented their own methods and styles rather than imitating the achievements of the white population. The Harlem Renaissance continued throughout the period that between 1919 and 1930 with the highest point of its progression located between 1924 and 1929. The Harlem Renaissance received its name from a historic district of New York City – Harlem where at that time a large population of African Americans settled down. From Harlem, the renaissance spread to other urban centers of the United States, the original name, however, was preserved (Bloom, 1995). The appearance of this cultural and social phenomenon was predetermined by a number of historic events: the end of the Civil War manifested at least partial liberation of the African American population and resulted in increased migration from the South to the North in search of a better future (Wintz, 1988). The migrants brought with them largely unknown to the North before Jazz and Blues music, the life of African American nightclubs, and dancing. In addition to that, the African American community was able to become a part of the American middle class changing the face of American class stratification. These changes were also associated with increased levels of African American advocacy and the appearance of such organizations as the NAACP, and at the same time with the increased levels of violence as not all people easily accepted the changes through which the country was passing at the time (Helbling, 1999). All these changes lead to an unprecedented rise in the amount of literary, art, music African American creations that influenced not only the status of African American community but the whole society. The group of people who built and developed the Harlem Renaissance was comprised of African Americans that fell into three primary categories: descendants of slaves, migrants from the Southern communities who searched for an environment with lower levels of prejudice, and improved living and opportunities. The third category consisted of black immigrants from other countries who traveled to the United States in the hope of a better life. All these segments of the population came together in the district of Harlem in New York City to create and develop a new culture and new forms of social phenomena. Those who belonged to the Harlem Renaissance tended to identify themselves with the idea of New Negro – an educated artistic person that through creations in various spheres, such as art, music