John F. Knight, Jr. (born June 7, 1945) is an

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politician who served as a member of the

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from 1993 to 2018. He is a member of the Democratic party. 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. He has been an advocate for the funding of minority higher education in Alabama, and is the named plaintiff of ''Knight v. Alabama''.

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Living people Democratic Party members of the Alabama House of Representatives 1945 births 21st-century American politicians {{Alabama-politician-stub