Another Tale of Two Cities*
Neighborhood Watch:  from Ann Arbor to Baghdad

Sandra L. Arlinghaus
Fall, 2007
Ann Arbor's Tale
Neighborhood Watch:  Post 911


2001--
  • World Trade Center and other bombings, September 11.
  • Case Study Landmark:  Neighborhood Watch Advisory Board (later "Panel") established in Ann Arbor.
2002--
2003--
In the most important affirmative action decision since the 1978 Bakke case, the Supreme Court (5–4) upholds the University of Michigan Law School's policy, ruling that race can be one of many factors considered by colleges when selecting their students because it furthers "a compelling interest in obtaining the educational benefits that flow from a diverse student body."
2004--
2005--
Rosa Parks dies at age 92, buried in Detroit in Woodlawn Cemetery.  Link.
2006--
2007--

Sources:

Sandra Lach Arlinghaus, Fall 2007.
*Reference to and quotations from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.
Ann Arbor Baghdad
Link to Neighborhood Watch Article, Sunday, April 8, 2007.
Link to article, "Neighborhood Watch Turns over Cache."
Link to "Alive in Baghdad" movie
Link to Adhamiya in Google Earth
Link to Diyala screen capture from Google Earth.
Link to Ann Arbor street map in Google Earth with crime information superimposed.
Link to Timelines, showing nesting of timelines and transformation of timelines
Link to Prospectus
Link to Java Applets of Actors, Ann Arbor and Baghdad
Link to maps
Link to references