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The treatment of African Americans who served in the military in the Civil war and WWII were similar. The movies Glory and The Tuskegee Airmen showed discrimination, and questioning of their abilities. The most evident conflict between the 54TH and the Tuskegee Airmen were their education. Both groups of men sacrificed to end racism in the military. The African Americans in both groups also fought for respect and dignity, taking risks to prove that black or not they were still men. During 1861-1865, the times of the Civil War and 1941-1945, the times of World War II, blacks were still mistreated and still being lynched. There were three types of whites in the movies The Tuskegee Airmen and Glory. There are those who showed solid support for African Americans, Those who gave no support at all, and those who changed their minds. For example, in the movie Glory, Shaw was the one with solid support. The African American troops knew Shaw was on their side in the event where the 54th regiment received their pay vouchers and had received less than the white soldiers. In this event the troops destroyed the vouchers. To show he was equal to the black soldiers, Shaw ripped his voucher as well. The Quartermaster was the one with no supp