John Knight | |
State House: | Alabama |
District: | 77th |
Term Start: | 1993 |
Term End: | 2018 |
Successor: | Tashina Morris |
Birth Date: | 7 June 1945 |
Birth Place: | Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. |
Party: | Democratic |
John F. Knight, Jr. (born June 7, 1945) is an American politician who served as a member of the Alabama House of Representatives from 1993 to 2018. He is a member of the Democratic party.[1] [2]
Knight was also member of the House Health Committee, the Internal Affairs Committee, and was chairman of the House Ways and Means General Fund Committee.[3] He has been an advocate for the funding of minority higher education in Alabama, and is the named plaintiff of Knight v. Alabama.