DENVER – Colorado historian Terri Gentry is dedicated to sharing stories of Black history in Colorado, and her own family has been part of shaping that history. Gentry’s great-grandfather, Dr. Thomas Ernest McClain, was the first licensed Black dentist in Colorado, opening his dental practice here in February 1907. Her father, retired Denver Police Department Division Chief C.T. Smith, was recently inducted into the Blacks in Colorado Hall of Fame.