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.
Rosa Parks and the other three African-Americans seated in her row didn't move. So Blake the bus driver said, Y'all better make it light on yourselves and let me have those seats. 3. The man next to Rosa Parks stood up and Parks let him pass by her. The two women in the bench seat across from her also got up.