Born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, Kwanza Hall is the son of the late Leon W. Hall, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s youngest lieutenant. An alumnus of Benjamin E. Mays High School in Atlanta, husband, and father of two, Hall has dedicated his life to be a public servant for those who call Atlanta home.
For 15 years, Hall served as an elected official on Atlanta City Council and on the Atlanta School Board. He represented the city’s most socially and economically diverse council district. As Councilman for District 2, Hall has been recognized for leadership in many areas, including economic inclusion, workforce development, urban design, and arts and culture. In 2013, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation recognized his initiative to expand opportunities to families in an Atlanta neighborhood with the highest concentration of poverty in the southeastern United States. Prior to his election to the Atlanta City Council, Hall served on the Atlanta Board of Education. Hall is the immediate past chair of the Atlanta City Council’s International Relations Committee. He has been a fellow of the German Marshall Fund and a number of U.S. State Department programs. Hall served on the World Affairs Council, Leadership Atlanta, and the National Center for Civil and Human Rights.
Previously, Hall worked as Vice President of Technology for GoodWorks International LLC, a public affairs consulting firm co-chaired by Ambassador Andrew Young. He also worked as Director of Business Development for MACTEC Engineering and Consulting, Inc.
Kwanza was appointed as a Senior Fellow of the Global Federation of Competitiveness Councils. In 2012, Georgia State University honored him with the Pioneer Award, its highest recognition for leadership promoting arts and culture in downtown Atlanta. In 2011, Atlanta’s Park Pride honored Kwanza for governmental leadership in parks and greenspace advocacy. He was also voted by an independent media panel as one of the 100 Most Influential Atlantans. Atlanta’s American Institute of Architects chapter created the Kwanza Hall Award for civic leadership in architectural design. In 2009, Creative Loafing named Kwanza Atlanta’s “Best Local Political Figure.”
Most recently, Hall served as United States Representative for Georgia’s 5th congressional district, completing the late Congressman John Lewis’ term in the U.S. Congress continuing Lewis’ legacy of activism by building a bridge to the next generation of warriors for justice.

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