Did Lane Kiffin just walk into a Confederate history buzzsaw?

In this episode of The Mike Church Show, Mike responds to comments about race, diversity, Louisiana State University, and University of Mississippi with a deep dive into a chapter of Louisiana history most modern commentators never learned. From the legendary Louisiana Tigers of the War Between the States to the immigrant dockworkers, Irish brigades, and mixed-race Louisianans who filled Confederate ranks, Mike explains why modern racial narratives collapse when confronted with the actual historical record of South Louisiana.

Drawing from historian Teresa Parker’s research on the Louisiana Tigers, this 9-minute commentary explores Civil War-era Louisiana culture, New Orleans volunteer militias, and the unique ethnic makeup of Confederate units that fought in the Army of Northern Virginia. If you’re tired of shallow cable-news history and want the real story behind the South, the Confederacy, and Louisiana’s complicated past