Interview conducted by author Jere Nash with education reform advocate and attorney David Watkins in the process of writing Mississippi Politics: The Struggle for Power, 1976-2006. Topics covered include the 1982 Educational Reform Act; 1985 statewide teacher strike; Bill Allain; separation of powers issue in 1982-83; Cliff Finch; Ed Brunini, Brunini\u27s law firm and the Capitol Street gang; legal representation during Jackson school district integration; and Adequate Education Act in 1997 for equity funding