Iphoto doesn't recognize jpeg

I just did a course at the apple store on how to use the new version of iphoto.
I got home, eager to use this knowledge, but for some reason I photo rejected a bunch of my scanned-in photos in JPEG format saying "unable to recognize format".
It accepted some, rejected others. I could OPEN them on my macbook, but when I tried to import some photos it said "error 1 - the following file could not be imported (the format is an unrecognized format.) It is JPEG!. I tried renaming it JPG but that did not work either. The photo shows up in my documents as a thumbnail with no problem, and accepts other jpeg photos. Any ideas>

I think you put your finger on it. They are indeed all black and white photos. Some of the black and white photos were accepted, but all that were rejected were black and white.
What can I do? Most of these photos are scanned images I made of photos from the 1800's that were falling apart and I can't re-scan them.
thanks for the help!

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