He trained as a teacher in Georgetown, and in 1930, at the age of 21, he joined his sister Pearl in Bermuda, where he taught mathematics, Latin and games at the Berkeley Institute.
[4] He also worked as associate editor of the Bermuda Recorder, and on its pages made known his opposition to segregation.
[4] While studying in London, he assisted Dr. E. F. Gordon to present a celebrated petition from the Bermuda Workers' Association to the British Colonial Secretary in 1946.
A portrait of Richards is one of 80 painted by Esther Dai for display at the Historic Museum in Bermuda.
His elder daughter is circuit judge Patricia Dangor,[10] who now lives in London, England, with her children and grandchildren.