More By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. Solomon's bus provided opportunities for Black students Renty Solomon (1903-1978) purchased a bus from Fort Valley’s Blue Bird Body company in the 1940s. - photo by File photo EDITOR’S NOTE — This is the third installment of a four-story February series dedicated to people and/or places key to Black history in Effingham County. RINCON — Renty Solomon’s school bus was always loaded. Every nook and cranny not taken up by students was filled by his kindness and concern for others.