7 ) ▁Although ▁there ▁was ▁no ▁direct ▁improvements , ▁boy cot ts ▁and ▁other ▁protest s ▁finally ▁led ▁to ▁the ▁peace ful ▁des eg reg ation ▁of ▁many ▁of ▁Saint ▁Petersburg ' s ▁l unch ▁coun ters ▁by ▁early ▁ 1 9 6 1 . ▁The ▁W imb ishes ▁continued ▁to ▁fight ▁against ▁over c row ded ▁black ▁facilities ▁and ▁the ▁district ' s ▁list less ▁solutions ▁to ▁problems ▁facing ▁black ▁students . ▁ ▁Des eg reg ation ▁of ▁the ▁schools ▁did ▁not ▁begin ▁until ▁September ▁ 1 9 6 2 , ▁when ▁black ▁children ▁were ▁being ▁integrated ▁in ▁small ▁numbers . ▁Black s ▁continued ▁to ▁receive ▁little ▁co operation ▁from ▁the ▁district ▁and ▁did ▁not ▁see ▁any ▁real ▁progress ▁until ▁the ▁NA AC P ▁took ▁the ▁issue ▁through ▁the ▁court ▁system . ▁As ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁the ▁case , ▁ 6 7 0 0 ▁black ▁children ▁attended ▁des eg reg ated ▁schools ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 6 - 6 7 ▁term , ▁as ▁opposed ▁to ▁ 7 3 9 ▁students ▁two ▁years ▁before . ▁Business es ▁also ▁began ▁to ▁see ▁some ▁des eg reg ation . ▁During ▁the ▁Christmas ▁season ▁of ▁ 1 9 6 0 , ▁B ette ▁and ▁her ▁husband ▁boy c otted ▁local ▁business es ▁and ▁encourag ed ▁residents ▁to ▁buy ▁from ▁catalog s ▁instead ▁of ▁city ' s ▁seg reg ated ▁stores . ▁As ▁a ▁result , ▁Governor ▁Le Ro y ▁Collins ▁encourag ed ▁b ira cial ▁comm itte es ▁to ▁find ▁solutions . ▁After ▁some