Shift to public life In 1944, Williams was appointed to the Anglo-American Caribbean Commission. In 1948 he returned to Trinidad as the Commission's deputy chairman of the Caribbean Research Council. In Trinidad, he delivered an acclaimed series of educational lectures. In 1955, after disagreements between Williams and the Commission, the Commission elected not to renew his contract. In a speech at Woodford Square in Port of Spain, he declared that he had decided to "put down his bucket" in the land of his birth. He rechristened that enclosed park, which stood in front of the Trinidad courts and legislature, "The University of Woodford Square", and proceeded to give a series of public lectures on world history, Greek democracy and philosophy, the history of slavery, and the history of the Caribbean to large audiences drawn from every social class.
Shift to public life In 1944 Williams was appointed to the Anglo-American Caribbean Commission In 1948 he returned to Trinidad as the Commission's deputy chairman of the Caribbean Research Council In Trinidad he delivered an acclaimed series of educational lectures In 1955 after disagreements between Williams and the Commission the Commission elected not to renew his contract In a speech at Woodford Square in Port of Spain he declared that he had decided to "put down his bucket" in the land of his birth He rechristened that enclosed park which stood in front of the Trinidad courts and legislature "The University of Woodford Square" and proceeded to give a series of public lectures on world history Greek democracy and philosophy the history of slavery and the history of the Caribbean to large audiences drawn from every social class