Luisa P Oswalt/Shutterstock.com
Little Muscle Shoals, Alabama, boasts a significant legacy as the birthplace of blue, “Brown Sugar,” and miraculous American icons. W.C. Handy, Helen Keller, and Sam Phillips were each born along this sleepy stretch of the Tennessee River in northern Alabama. Keller’s story of overcoming deafness and blindness to become an author and icon was told…