noun, plural altocumulus. Meteorology. 1. a cloud of a class characterized by globular masses or rolls in layers or patches, the individual elements being larger and darker than those of cirrocumulus and smaller than those of stratocumulus: of medium altitude, about 8000â20,000 feet (2450â6100 meters). Origin of altocumulus Expand. 1890-1895.
At the time, bus drivers were allowed to carry guns in order to enforce the segregation laws. By refusing to give up her seat, Rosa Parks might have been grabbed or beaten. Instead, on this particular day, Blake the bus driver just stood outside the bus and waited for the police to arrive. As they waited for the police to arrive, many of the other passengers got off the bus.
Before Rosa Parks, another woman defied segregation. 1  President Obama at unveiling of Rosa Parks statue on Feb. 27, 2013. 2  Before Rosa Parks, Claudette Colvin refused to give up her seat in a segregated bus in Alabama when she was 15 years old.