Enola D. "Miz" Maxwell (August 30, 1919 – June 24, 2003)^[1] was an American civil rights activist from San Francisco in the United States.^[2] She was a community leader, active in the Potrero Hill neighborhood.

In 1968, Maxwell became the first woman – and first black person – to be named as lay minister at a Presbyterian Church, she served at Olivet Presbyterian Church in the Potrero Hill neighborhood.^[1][3]

Maxwell was later appointed by the church as the executive director of the Potrero Hill Neighborhood House from 1971 until 2003,^[4][5] a role she served until her death at the age of 83.^[6]: 76 The Potrero Hill Neighborhood House serves the local community with adult education classes, youth and summer school classes, a kindergarten, a meeting hall, and offers theatre performances and dramatics classes.^[7]

In 2001, the Potrero Hill Middle School was renamed to the Enola D. Maxwell Middle School of the Arts.^[6]: 77 The Enola D. Maxwell Middle School of the Arts is located at the same site as a 1950s public housing site that Maxwell had lived in.^[4] Her daughter, Sophie Maxwell, was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 2000.^[6]: 77

• African Americans in San Francisco